History Characters / Skullgirls

* Characters/SkullgirlsMainCharacters: The original playable cast and major antagonists.[[note]][[NiceGirl Fillia]], [[DaddysLittleVillain Cerebella]], [[CuteAndPsycho Peacock]], [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething Parasoul]], [[ClassyCatBurglar Ms. Fortune]], [[TheBeserker Painwheel]], [[NoxiousNurse Valentine]], [[ShapeshiftingTrickster Double]], [[CrystalDragonJesus The Trinity]], [[JackassGenie Skull Heart]][[/note]]

* Characters/SkullgirlsMainCharacters: The original playable cast and major antagonists.[[note]]Fillia, Cerebella, Peacock, Parasoul, Ms. Fortune, Painwheel, Valentine, Double, Trinity, Skull Heart[[/note]]
* Characters/SkullgirlsDLCCharacters: The DLC characters.[[note]]Squigly, Big Band, Fukua, Eliza, Beowulf, Robo-Fortune, Annie, Umbrella, Black Dahlia, Marie[[/note]]
* Characters/SkullgirlsGuestStars: ''Mobile''-exclusive assist characters.[[note]]Minette[[/note]]

* Characters/SkullgirlsGuestStars: Guest Stars (''Mobile''-exclusive assist characters).[[note]]Minette[[/note]]

* Characters/SkullgirlsGuestStars: Guest Stars (assist characters).[[note]]Minette[[/note]]

* Characters/SkullgirlsMainCharacters: The original playable cast and major antagonists.[[note]]Fillia, Cerebella, Peacock, Parasoul, Ms. Fortune, Painwheel, Valentine, Double, Bloody Marie, Trinity, Skull Heart[[/note]]
* Characters/SkullgirlsDLCCharacters: The DLC characters.[[note]]Squigly, Big Band, Fukua, Eliza, Beowulf, Robo-Fortune, Annie, Umbrella, Black Dahlia, ???[[/note]]

* Characters/SkullgirlsDLCCharacters: The DLC characters.[[note]]Squigly, Big Band, Fukua, Eliza, Beowulf, Robo-Fortune, Annie, Umbrella, ???, ???[[/note]]

* Characters/SkullgirlsDLCCharacters: The DLC characters.[[note]]Squigly, Big Band, Fukua, Eliza, Beowulf, Robo-Fortune, Annie, ???, ???, ???[[/note]]

* Characters/SkullgirlsDLCCharacters: The DLC characters.[[note]]Squigly, Big Band, Fukua, Eliza, Beowulf, Robo-Fortune, Annie, ???[[/note]]

* Characters/SkullgirlsMainCharacters: The original playable cast and major antagonists.
* Characters/SkullgirlsDLCCharacters: The DLC characters.

* Characters/SkullgilsDLCCharacters: The DLC characters.

* Characters/SkullgirlsMainCharacters: The playable cast (including the DLC characters) and major antagonists.

* Characters/SkullgirlsMainCharacters: The playable cast, DLC Characters, and major antagonists.
* Characters/SkullgirlsOtherCharacters: All other characters, including the Indiegogo DLC candidates, and one rejected character.

* Characters/SkullgirlsMainCharacters: The playable cast and major antagonists.

* Characters/SkullgirlsOtherCharacters: All other characters, including the Indiegogo DLC candidates.

* Characters/SkullgirlsMainCharacters: The playable cast and antagonists.

* Characters/SkullgirlsMainCharacters: The playable cast and Marie.

* Characters/SkullgirlsMainCharacters
* Characters/SkullgirlsOtherCharacters

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!!Original Cast

[[folder:Filia]]
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[[caption-width-right:302:'''''Filia and the Demon in Her Hair''''']]
->''"Let's go, Samson!"''
->''"Hell yeah!"''

--> Voiced by '''ChristineMarieCabanos'''\\
Samson voiced by '''Del Stetson'''

More or less the default protagonist of the game, Filia was once an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent, but one day woke up without any memories and a second mouth on the back of her head. Now, she hosts a Parasite named Samson, an unruly mop of demonic hair with incredible power. With no memories or anyone to turn to for help, if she ever hopes to piece together her past and survive the inevitable clash with the Skullgirl, Filia will need to trust this mysterious being.

Her birthday is March 28th and she's sixteen-years-old. Her blood type is AB. Her official likes list contains [[BigEater eating]], [[MustHaveCaffeine coffee]], milkshakes, [[NerdActionHero reading and learning]], [[TechnologyMarchesOn radio dramas]], [[BadassBookworm comics, romance novels]], and [[HeroesLoveDogs dogs]]. Her dislikes list contains Samson’s bluffing and gambling, [[NeverHurtAnInnocent seeing innocents get hurt]], [[PrehensileHair hair]] getting tangled, being lied to, and side-effects of Samson's parasitism.

!!Tropes related to Filia:
* {{Adorkable}}: She has elements of NerdActionHero, is an ExtremeDoormat for Samson, and blushes a lot in sprites.
* AmnesiacHero: Her memories were erased when Samson was bonded to her.
* ApologeticAttacker: She doesn't ''want'' to fight, but she has to.
* TheAtoner: When she remembers [[spoiler:what she did to Carol.]]
* {{Badass}}: Samson is at least. Filia is...
** BadassAdorable
** BadassBookworm: Considering the fact that "reading and learning" is listed in her likes.
* BareYourMidriff: Her uniform exposes her waist.
* BigEater: "Eating" is listed among her likes. She's a bit HollywoodPudgy. As mentioned below, due to her and Samson being symbionts, any nutrients he eats and doesn't digest go to her (and vice-versa).
* BittersweetEnding: She wishes to return [[spoiler:Painwheel]] into [[spoiler:her former friend Carol]] again and give her a normal life. The Skull Heart grants her wish, but detects that she feels somewhat guilty about [[spoiler:Painwheel's current state]], meaning that [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie Filia is doomed to become the next Skullgirl]]. At the very least, [[spoiler:the Heart slows down her painful transformation]] and [[FridgeHorror if one reads Squigly's background]] (which is outdated), [[FridgeHorror this was Samson's and the Mafia's plan all along]].
* CatholicSchoolGirlsRule
* DangerouslyShortSkirt
* DueToTheDead: Despite their rivalry, Filia and Samson buried [[spoiler:Squigly and Leviathan again]], under a tree away from the city.
* EnemyMine: In Squigly's Story Mode, there's a battle where Filia and Samson fight alongside Squigly and Leviathan.
* ExoticEyeDesigns: In her ending, [[spoiler: the 1/2 skull motif of the Skullgirl manifests on her eyes when she sees Painwheel.]]
* {{Expy}}: If [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Milia]] were a brunette (though her natural hair is blonde as well).
* EyeGlasses: One of her official concept art shows that (before she had her memories erased by Samson) she wears them.
* FragileSpeedster: Her damage output isn't the greatest in the world, but she's the fastest character in the game by far, and her reset game is nothing to sneeze at either. Unlike most examples she doesn't have the usual "low health" aspect of the trope, but only because everyone in ''Skullgirls'' has the same amount of health anyway.
* GreaterNeedThanMine: [[spoiler:Instead of asking her memories back, she asked for a normal life to Painwheel. She can live on without her past, but Carol's life was destroyed entirely.]]
* {{The Hero}}ine: More or less.
* HeroicHost: Is the host to Samson.
* {{Hobo}}: According to WordOfGod, Samson has a lot of "friends" he bugs to get the currently-homeless Filia and him a place to sleep.
* IdentityAmnesia: Thanks to having her head attached to Samson.
* InTheBlood[=/=]SinsOfOurFathers: The BigBad wants to kill Filia [[spoiler:because she has Medici blood in her]].
* MafiaPrincess: Her true origin.
* NerdActionHero: See BadassBookworm above.
* [[NiceGuy Nice Girl]]: In contrast with Samson, she's a kindly and good person [[spoiler:although, pre-amnesia she might not have been so nice. See SpoiledSweet[=/=]LovableAlphaBitch below]].
* NiceHat: Uses one to hide Samson when she's out of battle.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Happens in her ending.
* NotQuiteBackToNormal: At the end of her storyline, she's back at school, still with a parasite for hair and [[spoiler:amnesia and initiating the slow and painful transformation into the next Skullgirl]].
* PantyShot: Thanks to her thigh-length skirt.
* TheProtagonist: Qualifies as one.
* QuestForIdentity: Initially she wanted to wish her memories back upon obtaining the Skull Heart, that is until she encountered [[spoiler:Carol (or at least what's left of her after becoming Painwheel)]].
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Counter-example, as she's one of the good guys.
* TheRival: WordOfGod says that she's this to Squigly, especially the relationship between Leviathan and Samson.
** FriendlyEnemy: Despite that, Filia and Squigly are rather decent towards each other when they met.
* SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack
* {{Shotoclone}}: [[WordOfGod Mike Z said]] she's the game's [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ryu]]-clone -- although she's not a perfect example, because she doesn't have a projectile attack. Ringlet Spear is the closest she has to one, except that it pops out of the ground at specific locations instead of traveling horizontally.
* SlowTransformation: Goes through this at the end of her story, painfully.
* SpoiledSweet[=/=]LovableAlphaBitch: It's implied her old, pre-amnesia personality had elements of these, considering both her background and her kind attitude toward [[spoiler:Carol]] in those days.
* SupportingProtagonist: Despite being the main protagonist of the game she has an ''extremely'' small role in the story compared to the likes of Peacock, Valentine, and Painwheel. She didn't even have a speaking role in anyone else's storyline until Squigly's story was added.
* SymbioticPossession: Well, sorta. Samson takes control most of the time, but the two can work together when they need to.
* ThemeNaming: If you look at the names of her normal attacks when assigning a custom assist attacks, you can see that some of her kicks are named after the different levels of ZettaiRyouiki. Her punches are similarly named with hairstyles.
* TokenGoodTeammate: [[spoiler:For her family, the Medici.]]
* VocalDissonance: InUniverse, someone initially thought that she has this in her introduction, but subverted as it's actually Samson's voice.
* WalkingTheEarth: According to a Q&A, Samson has contacts and "friends", including Yu-Wan, so he and Filia can get a place to sleep for the time when needed.
* ZettaiRyouiki

!!Tropes related to Samson:
* AnimeHair: Considering all the shapes he can take.
* {{Big Eater}}: He's said to be a bit of a glutton, which explains why Filia is slightly pudgy. Since they're symbionts, any nutrients he absorbs but doesn't digest go to her, and vice versa; likewise, when Samson drinks too much, they ''both'' get hammered. He even swallows her hat during her pre-fight animation.
* CallingYourAttacks:
-->''RINGLET SPIKE!!''\\
''RINGLET SPIRE!!!''\\
''HAIRBALL!!!''\\
''GREGOR SAMSON!!!''
* CombatTentacles: His main means of attacking.
* TheDragon: He seems to be this to [[spoiler:the Mafia]].
* DramaticWind: Two of Filia's victory poses have this. One has Samson shifting into a human-like shape and puffing out his chest while ''Filia'' sways dramatically in the breeze behind him.
* EvilFormerFriend: According to Leviathan, Samson was once noble, but he has long since strayed from that path.
* FunnyAfro: When Filia performs her Infinite Detection animation, Samson poofs into a really large afro, complete with an afro comb.
* LovecraftianSuperpower: Samson can project tentacles, spines, and shapeshift to attack.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: He has a wide mouth studded with fangs.
* OverlyLongTongue: Any art with him sticking his tongue out tends to stray into this.
* PrehensileHair: He can morph into various objects, and is Filia's main method of attack.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: [[spoiler: Squigly's Story Mode reveals he's older than the Skull Heart.]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Unlike Filia, played straight, but only when he's extremely pissed. See the quote below.
* TheRival: WordOfGod says that he's this to Leviathan, especially the relationship between Squigly and Filia.
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: [[MonochromaticEyes Completely solid ones]], when he's not showing red eyes.
* TheSymbiote: Is a Parasite.
* [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlFriend Violently Protective Symbiote]]: His first action in their story mode is to nearly kill a too-forward flirt who had grabbed Filia.
-->''"...no one lays a hand on my host... '''no one'''."''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Cerebella]]
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[[caption-width-right:302:'''''The Diamond in the Rough''''']]
->''"Get ready for a show-stopper!"''

--> Voiced by '''Creator/CristinaValenzuela'''

Throughout the Canopy Kingdom, Cerebella is admired for her enormous strength and alluring curves. Sadly, this acrobatic orphan only desires the attention of one man, the mobster Vitale Medici, who took her in and became the closest thing to a father she’s ever known. While inherently good, Cerebella serves the mafia as a leg-breaker when not performing in the circus. She is the only person capable of controlling her powerful Living Weapon hat, Vice-Versa, so Vitale is stingy with his affections to keep her fighting in his corner.

Her birthday is [[DevelopmentGag April 11th]][[note]]The date of the game's Xbox Live Arcade release (The PSN version was released a day before)[[/note]], and she's eighteen-years-old. Her blood type is B. Her official likes list contains [[CompetitionFreak competition]], [[BoisterousBruiser showing off]], [[KindheartedCatLover cats]], {{professional wrestling}}, [[HiddenDepths sudoku]], [[TheTease flirting]], [[PerkyFemaleMinion pleasing Vitale]], and [[VitriolicBestBuds teasing her roommate Feng]]. Her dislikes contain badmouthing of the Circus, badmouthing of Vitale, angry people, quitters, and [[CreepyCockroach cockroaches]].

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!!Tropes related to Cerebella:
* AgitatedItemStomping: Her time out animation has her throwing Vice-Versa down to the ground and stomping on him.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: According to WordOfGod, her ethnicity is the Skullverse equivalent of Brazilian.
* AsideGlance: Looks towards the camera while Vice-Versa flashes twin peace signs when tagging out. Several of her other moves have a FreezeFrameBonus showing Cerebella looking at the screen.
* AssShove: Of the Kancho variety. You do NOT want those giant muscular fingers anywhere near your rear!
* BreakTheCutie: Her ending, where she realizes the only way to get the MacGuffin back is [[spoiler:to kill the CatGirl holding it, which she does by crushing her]]. She succeeds in gaining her adoptive father's affection, but now [[spoiler:her devotion to him has crossed the line into MURDERING for him, and [[HeelRealization she now has to live with the guilt of knowing she's a villain]]]].
* BreastAttack: Her Excellebella throw normally involves lifting her opponent up by the ankle and slapping them in the face repeatedly. Using this on taller characters like Parasoul results in this.
* BusCrash: In [[spoiler:Peacock's ending, Peacock]] is seen holding a tattered scrap of Vice-Versa, with the implication that she killed Cerebella off-screen.
* CallingYourAttacks: Probably the biggest offender. Justified as she's a showgirl. She's ''supposed'' to be as over the top with her attacks as possible.
-->''Lock 'n' load!''\\
''Drop Kick!''\\
''Smack attack!''\\
''Diamond... ''(DrumRoll)'' Drop!''\\
''CERE-RANA!''\\
''Merry-Go-Rilla!''\\
''Cerecopter!''\\
''Titan Knuckle!''\\
''Diamond, DYNAMO!''\\
''A Diamond is... '''FOREVER!!'''''
* ChekhovsSkill: One of Cerebella's supers involves having Vice-Versa crush a boulder into a diamond. [[spoiler:It turns out this is enough to reforge the Life Gem... from Ms. Fortune's body.]]
* CircusBrat
* CombatStilettos
** TrickedOutShoes: Her heels have ''[[{{Hammerspace}} swords]]'' hidden in them.
* DangerouslyShortSkirt
* DetachedSleeves
* TheDragon: Cerebella is this to the Mafia, if not going near a HeelFaceTurn.
* EveryProperLadyShouldCurtsy: Her win pose.
* EyelidPullTaunt: Hard to tell, but she pulls one during her Kancho move.
* TheFourLoves: All she wants is for the Medici family, specifically Vitale, to love her.
* HeelRealization: Her ending pretty much shows this.
* ImpossiblyLowNeckline: The appearance given by her attire. It's an orange [[PlayboyBunny Playboy bunny-styled]] MinidressOfPower with DetachedSleeves. Each sleeve is linked via a [[http://images.wikia.com/skullgirls/images/b/b3/Cerebella_and_Feng.PNG loose band that crosses her chest]], covering the top of her minidress. [[http://i.imgur.com/T5RQiFa.png Official design notes say]] she has her dress taped on so it doesn't slip off.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: According to the BigBad.
* InkSuitActor: She does resemble CristinaValenzuela, depending on what photo of her you compare Cerebella to.
* KindheartedCatLover: Ironically.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Or perhaps it should be [[spoiler:Love Makes You Commit Your First Murder]].
* MagicSkirt: {{Averted}} with extreme prejudice. About the only time she's ''not'' going out of her way to show off her undies is her ''idle animation''.
* MetronomicManMashing: One of her specials involves her doing this to her opponents when she uses Vice-Versa to grab and slam them repeatedly. She then throws them in the air and impales them with the sword on one of her heels and Vice-Versa pushes them further for more damage.
* MiniDressOfPower
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The final shot of her during her ending implies this; she got Vitale what he wanted, [[spoiler: but she had to kill Ms. Fortune to do it]].
** It gets worse, [[spoiler: the Skull Heart was ready to grant her the wish without turning her to a Skullgirl since she does not have any form of malice had she wished for Vitale to love her]].
** [[http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121008005434/skullgirls/images/1/10/Cerebella_regret.PNG And just look a her face!]]
* NiceGirl: For all her showboating, she's never shown any negative emotions (except to those Vitale tells her to get rid of and the villains) and even the BigBad notes her heart of gold and purity.
* TheOnlyOne :[[PureIsNotGood To Not Have an Impure Heart]] [[spoiler:Yet she ignored the Skull Heart.]]
* PantyShot: Try pausing at any point in her character trailer. It's a challenge to find a frame where her panties aren't showing.
* PerkyFemaleMinion: To Vitale and the Medici.
* RedBaron: Her film poster refers to her as "The Diamond in the Rough".
* SadisticChoice: [[spoiler:The Skull Heart would have granted her the wish without a hitch or she can simply take the Life Gem from Miss Fortune. She took the gem from Ms. Fortune because she was shouting death threats against the Medici family, who are like real family to Cerebella. Even though, she regrets what she did.]]
* SexyJester
* SheFu
* SkillGateCharacter: Due to her high damage output and surprisingly decent mobility, Cerebella's often considered to be the "newb" character in Skullgirls. Once she reaches higher level play her usefulness starts to peter out, though it doesn't go away completely.
* {{Stripperiffic}}
* SymbolMotifClothing: The diamond, in particular. Happens to be a motif in many of her attacks as well. ''Diamond'' Drop, ''Diamond'' Dynamo, ''Diamonds'' Are Forever, etc.
** The members of the Cirques des Cartes are themed around a standard deck of cards. Obviously, Cerebella represents the diamond suit.
* SympatheticCriminal
* ThighHighBoots
* TokenGoodTeammate: For the Medici mob along with Feng, Hubrecht [[spoiler:and Filia]].
* UseYourHead: Her Battle Butt move, in which Vice Versa grows some ram horns for good measure.
%% WardrobeMalfunction does not fit Cerebella due to the structure of her outfit not allowing for a nipple to be shown. A lot of people were confused by initial animations and videos of her in action, so this keeps being added back. Please don't add this entry to her list of examples.%%
* WasItReallyWorthIt: See MyGodWhatHaveIDone above.
* [[WellDoneSonGuy "Well Done, Daughter" Girl]]: In relation to her mob-boss adoptive father.
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]
* ZettaiRyouiki: Courtesy of [[NiceShoes some kind of stocking-boot footwear]].

!!Tropes related to Vice-Versa:
* AsideGlance: When Cerebella tags out, they look towards the camera and Vice-Versa flashes a peace sign.
* BringIt: Of the move-finger-towards-self variety, when Cerebella walks backwards.
* ExpressiveAccessory
* LivingWeapon
* NiceHat
* WeaponizedHeadgear
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Peacock]]
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[[caption-width-right:302:'''''A [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Murder Maladies]] Cartoon''''']]
->''"Time to [[PaintTheTownRed paint the town red]]!"''

--> Voiced by '''SarahWilliams'''

Once a war orphan slave named Patricia Watson, Peacock’s body was gruesomely mutilated by slave traders that captured her. She was rescued by Dr. Avian’s Anti-Skullgirls Labs, and rebuilt her with a (literally) [[RealityWarper reality-defying]] biomechanical arsenal: the Argus System augmented her body, and the Avery Unit gave her access to unprecedented weaponry. Alas, they couldn’t do anything for her mind: Peacock’s damaged psyche and abiding love of cartoons shaped her new “toys” into a terrifying gang of cronies, whom she has no qualms using to PaintTheTownRed... with blood. Terrifying as she is, she may be the kingdom’s best bet against the Skullgirl.

Her birthday is November [[ThirteenIsUnlucky 13]]th, and, fittingly enough, she's [[ThirteenIsUnlucky thirteen-years-old]]. Her blood type is B. Her official likes list contains cartoons, TV show ''[[ShowWithinAShow Annie: Girl of the Stars]]'', [[TheMovieBuff movies]], [[BloodKnight violence]], [[SweetTooth junk food]], [[CoolCar fast cars]], [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior explosives, cigars]], and being in charge. Her dislikes contain [[MightMakesRight weaklings]], [[ObstructiveBureaucrat bureaucracy, authority figures]], [[HatesEveryoneEqually people]], the [[ArtifactOfDoom Skull Heart]], [[AcceptableTargets nerds]], [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers salad, and chopsticks]].

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!!Tropes related to Peacock:
* {{Abnormal Ammo}}: Her revolver fires, amongst other things, bowling balls, baseballs, and [[SuperMarioBros Bullet Bills]].
* AlliterativeName: Not her specifically, but her assist characters, Andy Anvil and Tommy Ten Tons. This is a reference to the vast majority of characters found during TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation having {{Alliterative Name}}s, which Andy Anvil and Tommy Ten Tons fit right into.
** In older concept art, Peacock's birdlike crony Avery was named "Patty Peacock". Despite the feminine name, he is actually male.
* AnimalMotifs: She is [[MeaningfulName called Peacock]] and one of her attacks makes her look similar to one (Argus Agony). Her eyes are also called the Argus System, a mythology reference involving the peacock. A part of the TomboyAndGirlyGirl theme to the frillier BigBad.
* ArtificialLimbs: Her arms are rather obvious, but Peacock's legs are actually mechanical, too.
* {{Assist Character}}s: She has a bunch of strange characters that help her during some of her attacks, if they aren't the attack itself. The most seen of these, especially in art, are Avery (a little blue bird dressed in attire matching Peacock) and walking bombs of small and large sizes (George and Lenny, respectively). Others seen often are Andy Anvil, a boxing anvil with Popeye-like limbs and Tommy Ten Tons, a stout anthropomorphic 10T weight. These characters seem to be manifestations of Peacock's power. The Avery Unit she was equipped with (same name as the bird) was supposed to be a [[TeleportersAndTransporters "spacial link"]] between her and an arsenal of weapons, but Peacock seems to be altering the weapons themselves in addition to calling them to her.
* AxCrazy
* BadassAdorable: As [[AxCrazy bloodthirsty, insane]] and [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior disturbingly adult]] as she is, she ''still'' looks kind of cute in a number of her animations.
* BeamSpam: One of her supers.
* BearTrap: Her teeth is actually a pair of bear trap dentures.
* BangFlagGun: Her Bang! attack. The strongest variant (BANG! BANG! BANG!) actually fires projectiles.
* BigBallOfViolence: Her air throw. It even happens to be named "Big Ball Of Violence".
* BlackBeadEyes: Justified in that it's really her empty eye sockets.
* BloodKnight: She likes fighting quiiiiite a bit.
* BodyHorror: Aside from her head and her torso, there's practically nothing left of her. Her eyes were forcefully gouged out (which we got to see from ''[[EyeScream her perspective]]''), so technically what remains are her eyesockets (but she can see with the eyes on her arms). Her teeth were pulled out, and her arms and legs were[[note]]In-game, her outfit makes it difficult to tell, but promotional artwork such as [[http://oh8.deviantart.com/art/Halloween-Peacock-Shirt-335405967 this Halloween-themed picture]] clearly shows her legs being metal.[[/note]] were forcibly removed. This all happened within the span of a ''single day.''
** MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Those aren't her real teeth, they are removable like dentures (so she doesn't wear them while asleep). Essentially, she has a miniature stainless-steel BearTrap in her mouth, and some of her regular attacks involve ''biting'' the opponent.
** If you pay attention during her winning pose, the smoke she exhales after she [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior puffs on her cigar]] comes out through her ''eye socket'', which transforms into a ''second mouth'' just for the VictoryPose.
*** She has another attack that betrays the nature of her eyes. Peacock can pull a large HyperspaceMallet out from behind her back. After she swings it, she puts it away by stuffing the hammer headfirst into one of her eye sockets.
*** Look carefully at the holes leading to {{Hammerspace}} that she manifests in the environment (some of her item drops fall into them after they hit the ground, she leaps up through one when she's tagged in, she gets [[VaudevilleHook yanked]] into one during her tag out, etc.). The holes all have ''eyelashes'' [[http://i.imgur.com/1KPPz.png identical to hers]], and the color of the space behind them is identical to her eye color if you're using a palette that doesn't have her eyes blacked out.
*** Peacock's model sheet makes note of even more hidden body horror: it indicates that there is a very large hole in her back (large enough to fit her hand through), hidden beneath her dress. It appears to be the logical explanation for Peacock's use of the "pulling items out from behind your back" cartoon mechanic.
* BoyishShortHair: Part of the TomboyAndGirlyGirl with Marie.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: One of her taunt quotes seems to directly address the opponent.
-->''Why ya so bad at video games?''
* BreakTheCutie: Being tortured in the hands of Slave Traders drove her into madness.
* BrooklynRage: While the Skullgirls universe doesn't actually have a New York, Peacock has the accent. She's got the mean streak to match, too.
* CallingYourAttacks:
-->''Poke!''\\
''Argus Agony!''
* CartoonBomb: The AssistCharacter bombs, George (the small one) and Lenny (the big fat one).
* CheshireCatGrin: Sports this constantly and doubles as a SlasherSmile due to her nature.
* CigarChomper: She's fond of smoking fat cigars and occasionally uses them in [[CigarFuseLighting attacks]].
* ConfusionFu: Just try to keep up with all the zany attacks Peacock can throw during a match. A couple of them look virtually the same till they hit (such as her revolver attacks). Most notably, she can make a black hole on the ground appear, and can make one of three things happen. 1. Ducks under as a way to dodge attacks. 2. To teleport her behind her opponent. 3. Throw a bomb in the hole and make it teleport under her enemies.
* CreepyChild
* CuteAndPsycho
* {{Cyborg}}
* DeathOfAThousandCuts: Peacock has relatively weak damage output made up for by her strong keep-away playstyle, created for spamming weak ranged attacks and frustrating the opponent.
* ElectronicEyes
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas : GenderInverted: [[spoiler:The death of Dr. Avian]] in her story route spurs her to seek revenge against the CoDragons.
* EyeBeams: Her Argus Agony attack.
* EyeScream: We get a first person view of a slaver [[NightmareFuel jamming his thumbs into her eyes]]. And keep in mind, ''she was a little girl when this happened''.
* EyesDoNotBelongThere: Those [[BlackBeadEyes black dots on her face]] aren't her real eyes -- along with everything else they did, the slavers put her eyes out. She sees with the Argus Eyes, which are the eyes present on her arms as well as the floating ones she summons... all of which can fire EyeBeams.
** When she sleeps, she puts sleeping masks on her arms, where her real eyes are.
* FieryRedhead
* FightingClown
* FightingYourFriend: [[spoiler:Marie, the current Skullgirl.]]
* {{Foil}}: To Big Band.
* FourFingeredHands
* FunPersonified
* GagDub: {{Anime}} Peacock.
* GenreSavvy
* GoneHorriblyRight: The result of Patricia being rebuilt as Peacock.
* {{Hammerspace}}: Not surprising given her cartoon influence.
* HandicappedBadass: Without the Argus System, she's blind as well as armless.
* HeroWithAnFInGood
* HumanoidAbomination
* InkblotCartoonStyle: Her passion for the GoldenAgeOfAnimation carried over to her appearance. It can be said that this trope is her motif as a whole.
* InstrumentOfMurder: She occasionally pulls out a banjo as part of a combo.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's crazy, but it's there. Especially in her ending.
* KitchenSinkIncluded: It's even her unique achievement.
* LaughablyEvil: Comes really close to this, due to her AxCrazy and BloodKnight traits, but she isn't exactly "evil".
* LittleMissBadass
* LongRangeFighter: Her specialty is playing keepaway with her opponent.
* MadeASlave: As noted in her backstory, she was captured as a slave by Medici-backed slavers [[spoiler:along with Marie]].
* MeaningfulName
* {{Meido}}: Some spoilerific [[http://skullgirls.wikia.com/wiki/File:Peacock_Marie_Maid_Sketch.jpg art done by Alex Ahad]] shows she was one before getting mutilated, like Marie.
* NiceHat
* NominalHero
* NonstandardCharacterDesign: Less so that it initially appears. The only major difference design-wise is her BlackBeadEyes ([[EyeScream sorta]]).
* OrphansOrdeal: As noted above, she's a war orphan.
* PeacockGirl: [[CaptainObvious Duh]].
** Her BeamSpam super shows off a large amount of robotic eyes (identical to the ones on her arms) coming out of her back to use EyeBeams to attack the target, the eyes resembling a peacock's tail.
* PianoDrop: Capable of this, and with a variety of objects.
* PopCulturedBadass[=/=]ReferenceOverdosed: The great portion of her attacks make up many of the game's [[ShoutOut/{{Skullgirls}} already plentiful]] {{Shout Out}}s. Peacock herself is a walking {{Homage}} to TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation.
* PracticalTaunt: Her taunt ensures that her next ShadowOfImpendingDoom will be a multi-hit [[{{VideoGame/Darkstalkers}} Tenrai-Ha]] if it's fully charged.
* PungeonMaster: When she isn't spewing familiar quotes, she's usually making puns based on whatever attack she's using.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Her default color palette.
* RealityWarper: Her powers are essentially a cartoonish form of this.
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* [[RedHeadedHero Red-Headed]] [[AntiHero Anti Heroine]]
* ShadowOfImpendingDoom: ''This is literally the name of one of her attacks''. The size of the shadow and object fallen depend on how long you hold the button.
** Between this attack's name, her BigBallOfViolence attack, and the fact that she refers to the Skull Heart as a MacGuffin, you'd think the creators might be OneOfUs in terms of reading this site...
* ShortRangeShotgun: This being a fighting game and all, it only hits directly it front of her.
* SlasherSmile: Mostly because she has a bear trap for teeth.
* SmokingIsCool: Her win pose, as well as her Level 3 super.
* SolarPoweredMagnifyingGlass: Subverted, she actually just shoots an EyeBeam through it.
* SuperPrototype: Played with. While Peacock ''is'' a superpowered and unique project, her enhancements were a product of years of the ASG Labs' research, so she isn't a prototype in the technical sense.
* SweetTooth: Junk food is listed as one of her "Likes".
* TalkLikeAPirate: During her cannon move.
-->''"Yo ho ho! Avast!"''
* TeensAreShort
* TeleportSpam: Encouraged, as part of her keep-away fighting style.
* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Her birthday is November 13th, and she's thirteen-years-old. [[TraumaCongaLine Considering what her]] [[DoomedHometown life]] [[MadeASlave has]] [[BodyHorror mostly]] [[WeCanRebuildHim consisted]] [[FightingYourFriend of]]... yeah.
* ToonPhysics: Her power is basically operating under these.
* TheToothHurts: The slavers who mutilated her presumably ripped her teeth out, hence why she has a set of bear trap-like dentures in her mouth. You can see her empty gums in some of her animations.
* TraumaCongaLine: Her home was [[DoomedHometown destroyed by war]] and her [[OrphansOrdeal parents killed]]. She [[spoiler:and her best friend]] was MadeASlave. Her limbs [[BodyHorror were ripped off]] and her [[EyeScream eyes gouged out]]. Even when she was [[WeCanRebuildHim rebuilt]] as a {{cyborg}}, her mind was unable to cope and she was driven insane. In her story mode, [[spoiler:her father figure and friends are all killed, and she then has to kill her best friend]]. ''Girl's got it rough.''
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour: Where do we even begin? Smoking, cussing, killing...
* UnflinchingWalk: One of her more powerful attacks involves tossing a cigar behind her back... at a bomb standing next to her victim. Cue explosion and malicious grin.
** And this is ''after'' stuffing her opponent in a burlap sack, calling down two of her cartoon {{mooks}} (Ten Ton Tommy and Andy Anvil) to help curbstomp her helpless victim into submission, and having the aforementioned bomb (George) continue to beat the ensnared foe with a baseball bat, all before pulling the cigar toss.
** This is even mocked in her Steam trading card, which has the caption "Cool people don't look at explosions!"
* UsedToBeASweetKid
* UselessSpleen: "My spleen..." happens to be one of her losing quotes. However much of her body was replaced by mechanical parts, it appears the spleen is one of the few organs she definitely has left.
* VaudevilleHook: In her assist tag-out taunt. Peacock does softshoe for a few seconds before she is pulled off the stage by a cane into a PortableHole.
* VisualPun: Her blocking animation often has her hold up a literal block, from a cinderblock to an [[VideoGame/{{Tetris}} L-block]].
* WasItReallyWorthIt: If Peacock's ending is to imply.
* [[WeCanRebuildHim We Can Rebuild Her]]
* WheelOFeet: Her forward dash.
* WhiteGloves: Considering her cyborg arms have no wrists, it's unknown how they stay on.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: See TraumaCongaLine above.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Parasoul]]
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[[caption-width-right:302:'''''All hail Parasoul, [[BadassPrincess Crown Princess, Leader of the Egrets]]]]'''''
->''"Egrets, get ready!"''

--> Voiced by '''Creator/ErinFitzgerald'''
--> Black Egret soldiers voiced by '''Creator/KaijiTang''', '''Bobby Thong''', '''Creator/ErikKimerer''', and '''Jason Wishnov'''

Few know the terrors of the Skullgirl as intimately as Parasoul does: seven years ago, her own mother became the Skullgirl that nearly destroyed the world. This tragic past has made her fiercely protective of both her country and her family, and these two priorities frequently come into conflict. Parasoul is now the crown princess of the Canopy Kingdom and leader of its elite military squad, the Black Egrets. Wielding the living umbrella, Krieg, she fights with grace, poise and cunning to defend her family honor and destroy the Skull Heart so no one can repeat her mother’s terrible mistake.

Her birthday is December 22nd, and she is twenty-five years old. Her blood type is A. Her official likes list contains [[TheSpock logic]], [[WineIsClassy wine]], [[SmartPeoplePlayChess chess]], [[LadyOfWar fencing]], training, tennis, [[GuileHero diplomacy]], [[WarriorPoet philosophy]], [[AFatherToHisMen Black Egret troops]], [[ClosetGeek secretly]] watching ''[[ShowWithinAShow Annie: Girl of the Stars]]'', and [[CoolBigSis her younger sister Umbrella]]. Her dislikes contain [[OnlySaneMan overly emotional people]], [[IWorkAlone relying on others]][[note]]Considering the use of her [[AssistCharacter Black Egret troops]], this is more than a bit ironic...[[/note]], those who speak ill of her family, injustice, [[TheMafia the Medici Mafia]], the [[BigBad Skullgirl]], and [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling her sister’s]] antics.


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!!Tropes related to Parasoul:
* AerithAndBob: The daughters of King Franz and Queen Nancy? Parasoul and Umbrella.
* [[AFatherToHisMen A Mother to Her Men]]: "Black Egret troops" are listed on her likes list, and despite Parasoul's [[StopHelpingMe occasional annoyance]] at them, they clearly have nothing but mutual respect for one another.
* AmbidextrousSprite: Her PeekABangs.
* {{Assist Character}}s: Provides the page image. She has a few attacks that utilize her off-screen soldiers.
* AwesomeMcCoolName: Parasoul [[EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench Renoir]].
* BadassPrincess
* BigGood: As the ruler of the Canopy Kingdom, she qualifies.
* [[BigBrotherInstinct Big Sister Instinct]]: She is fiercely protective of Umbrella. Her being in danger kickstarts Parasoul's story mode.
* CallingYourAttacks:
--> ''[[GratuitousFrench Arc de feu]]!''\\
''[[GratuitousFrench Touché]]!''\\
''Napalm Pillar!''\\
''Napalm Shot!''
* TheCaptain
* ChessMotifs: Many of her attack names are named after Chess, such as ''Queen's Gambit''.
* ChristmasCake: While not mentioned in the game itself, she's exactly twenty-five years-old and her design notes state she's supposed to be the "mature, sexy member of the cast". Interestingly, Valentine's actually older than her.
* ClosetGeek: If you believe her profile, she secretly watches a lot of cartoons.
* CoolBigSis: To her little sister Umbrella.
* CoolGuns: Her Luger Parabellum pistol, emblazoned with the [[ReligiousBruiser Trinity symbol]].
* CrosshairAware: One of her supers, calling a sniper to shoot.
* DangerouslyShortSkirt
* DifficultButAwesome: Poor mobility, charge specials as opposed to quick quarter-circle/Z-motion specials, and intricate combos make Parasoul have one of the highest difficulty curves of the cast. That said, once you manage to master her combos and learn to manipulate space with her projectiles and long-ranged normals, she's a monster to fight against.
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses
* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: She speaks with a light French accent ([[OohMeAccentsSlipping usually]]), has [[GratuitousFrench several attacks that have French names]], and her surname (Renoir) is French.
* {{Expy}}: To one [[VideoGame/{{Persona 3}} Mitsuru Kirijou]]. The designer is a fan after all. She even has a Palette Swap based off of her!
* {{Fainting}}: Her time-out animation has her doing the emotional variant. A Black Egret [[FallingIntoHisArms catches]] her and glares at the opponent.
* FieryRedhead: Subverted, as her background lists "Logic" as one of her likes and "Overly emotional people" as one of her dislikes.
* FormFittingWardrobe
* GagDub: [[SirSwearsALot Salty Sailor]] Parasoul.
-->''"Take the goddamn shot!"''
** For more Salty Sailor Parasoul, Erin Fitzgerald posted [[http://erinfitzvoiceartist.tumblr.com/post/45548598347/awwww-look-what-zone-made-me-an-incredibly this picture]] on her Tumblr.
** The Black Egret soldiers will also get an alternate voice pack, including parodies of [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Kenshiro]], [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Lee Chaolan]], [[VideoGame/DeadOrAlive Jann Lee]] (combined with Creator/JackieChan) and [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Owain]]. [[ActorAllusion All of these characters have been voiced by]] Creator/KaijiTang, the voice actor making the pack. (Well, except for Jackie Chan.)
* GratuitousFrench: Several of her attacks, such as ''Coup d'arrêt'' or ''Arc de feu''. She also [[CallingYourAttacks calls out]] the name of several of these.
* TheHighQueen
* HollywoodGenetics: Parasoul has red hair, and Umbrella has [[RoseHairedSweetie pink]]. Queen Nancy had black hair, and we don't know what hair color Franz had.
* ImpossibleHourglassFigure: Deserves a special mention, her [[http://skullgirls.com/characters/parasoul official measurements]] being 34DD-24-38.
* KickChick: Her high kicks were almost certainly done just to show off her [[ShesGotLegs legs]]. And [[PantyShot underwear]].
* LadyOfWar: A very smooth, elegant fighting style based on fencing. This ties into her slow movement.
* LagCancel: Parasoul's "Egret Call" special serves this purpose. Parasoul's attack is interrupted by an Egret, and reduces the recovery of whatever attack she cancelled out of, allowing her to continue her combo where she normally couldn't.
* LittleBlackDress
* LongRangeFighter: Less specialized than Peacock in long-range fighting, but she can actually hold her own in a melee fight.
* {{Meganekko}}: Some of her alternate colors give her glasses.
* MiniDressOfPower
* PantyShot
* ParentalSubstitute: Umbrella would have been very young when their parents died, so Parasoul is this for her younger sister.
* ParasolParachute: Her jumping mid-kick.
* PeekABangs
* PunnyName: She uses an umbrella as a weapon, and as the de facto ruler of the kingdom, she's the heart and "soul" of it.
--> '''Ms. Fortune:''' ''"I... uh... dammit, [[LampshadeHanging your name's already a pun]]!"''
* PuttingOnTheReich: The Black Egrets {{Assist Character}}s for Parasoul have uniforms and equipment that are clearly using this trope - grey-coloured, armband on the upper-right arm, gas-masks, seem to be using [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP40 MP 40s]] and a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_42 MG 42]] in a super, and have helmets resembling the fairly-stereotypical [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickelhaube Pickelhaube]] (though those helmets, while culturally German, were used in World War I). Parasoul herself utilizes a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luger_pistol Luger Parabellum]].
** What makes her interesting is that this is a rare ''heroic'' variant of the trope. That or her propaganda is just ''that'' good...
*** On the other hand, the BigBad and her CoDragons [[HannibalLecture claim this makes her no better than]] [[SinsOfOurFathers her father]], who is heavily implied to have started the Skullgirls-verse version of WorldWarI. And since the current era takes place in the 1920's-30's, [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything with another war JUST around the corner]], [[HannibalHasAPoint it's not an unjustified argument.]] Of course, this TerribleTrio also serves an ArtifactOfDoom that can [[ApocalypseHow wipe out humanity all together]] (with one of the CoDragons [[OmnicidalManiac explicitly wishing for this to happen]]), [[spoiler:and are ultimately pawns for [[GodIsEvil The Trinity]]]], [[BlackAndGreyMorality so it's not like they're any better]]...
* RedheadedHeroine: One of the very few (if not the ONLY) unambiguously good characters in the series so far.
* ReligiousBruiser: Her necklace and emblem are the Trinity's symbol, implying this.
* RocketJump: If one of her tears explodes near her when she's floating with Krieg, she gains more height.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
* ShesGotLegs: She was specifically intended to appeal to this specific... [[{{Fetish}} interest]]. Her DangerouslyShortSkirt and [[KickChick high kicks]] show them off prominently.
* SinsOfOurFathers: Both her father (who is implied [[BloodKnight to have started the]] [[GreatOffscreenWar The Grand War]]), and her mother (who became a [[HumanoidAbomination Skullgirl]] [[WellIntentionedExtremist in her attempt to stop it]]).
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Chess is listed as one of her "likes", and one of her moves is entitled "Queen's Gambit".
* SpecsOfAwesome: Quite a few of her alternate color palettes give her these.
* StatuesqueStunner: The second tallest of the cast, at 5' 10".
* SugarAndIcePersonality: The former to [[BigBrotherInstinct Umbrella]], the latter to... well, pretty much everyone else.
* SupernaturalGoldEyes
* TheStoic: She rarely expresses any sort of emotion in gameplay or otherwise. A [[NotSoStoic notable exception]] is when she uses her [[LauncherMove Canopy Bounce]] move, where she states "Up you go!" in a very mocking tone.
** NotSoStoic: During her story mode, she ([[AdultFear understandably]]) freaks out when [[spoiler:Umbrella chases after the Skull Heart]].
* StopHelpingMe: InUniverse. Parasoul's Egret Call attack summons a Black Egret to attempt to give a report to Parasoul, whom she quickly dismisses. While annoying for her, it's helpful for players: the Egret interrupts her current attack, allowing her to LagCancel.
* SweaterGirl: Some of her alternate colors even go so far as to give her ribbed sweaters.
* TakeMeInstead: In her ending, her dying sister gets too close to the MacGuffin and Parasoul can't destroy it without her sister getting caught in the blast. So she wishes to [[spoiler:become the next Skullgirl]] in exchange for sparing her sister. In the aftermath, she promises to start her sister's training after she wakes up to prepare her for [[spoiler:Parasoul's eventual transformation]].
* TakingTheBullet: One of her soldiers will do this for her in battle, sometimes while shouting [[BigNo "NOOOOOOOOOOO!"]].
* WomanInBlack
* ZettaiRyouiki: Only on some of her alternate colours.

!!Tropes related to Krieg:
* EyeBeams
* LivingWeapon
* MeaningfulName: His name is the German word for "war". This helps tie in with Parasoul's PuttingOnTheReich.
* ParasolOfPain
* [[PlayingWithFire Playing With Napalm]]: He cries napalm tears, which can be placed on the screen and detonated.
** In addition, bullets shot into Krieg shoot out the other end, engulfed in a ball of flame. Parasoul has a number of attacks that involve her shooting Krieg with her Luger. Her Level 3 Blockbuster has her open Krieg fully, and have the Black Egrets fire on Krieg with automatic weapons. The result is a veritable storm of fireballs.
* SwissArmyTears
* TheVoiceless

!!Tropes related to Parasoul's Black Egret {{Assist Character}}s:
* AngryFistShake: During Parasoul's time-out animation.
* {{Assist Character}}s: Their [[TakingTheBullet Egret Dive]] move provides the page image.
* BadassArmy
* BadassBiker: Parasoul's Egret Charge move summons a single soldier on a motorcycle to grab the opponent and drag them to the edge of the screen, and her Motor Brigade super summons a fleet of them to run the opponent down.
* BigNo: All of the soldiers have one of these lines when performing the [[TakingTheBullet Egret Dive]] move.
** SlowNo: One speaks all of their lines for Egret Dive [[RuleOfFunny in slow motion]], so combined with the BigNo above, it becomes this.
* CoolGuns: Luger pistols, MP 40s, and various other German weapons.
* TheFaceless
** FacelessGoons
* FallingIntoHisArms: Parasoul's time-out animation has her faint into an Egret's arms. The Egret glares at the opponent and does an AngryFistShake.
* GasMaskMooks
* MoreDakka: Parasoul's level 3 super, Inferno Brigade, spawns a large number of Egrets to shoot at Krieg, who cries a torrent of napalm tears to hit the opponent with.
* PuttingOnTheReich: Gray uniforms, red armband, Pickelhaube helmets, German weaponry, and the motorcycles used are of German design.
* TheSquad: The Egrets Parasoul uses for her assist attacks are five identical-looking soldiers ([[JustifiedTrope justified]], since they all have helmets and are wearing uniform), each with a different voice.
* StopHelpingMe: InUniverse. They ''try'' to help Parasoul by giving her a report when you use her Egret Call attack, but she, being in the middle of a fight, quickly dismisses them. However, it's helpful for players, letting them use Parasoul's extremely important {{Lag Cancel}}ling.
* TakingTheBullet: The Egret Dive attack.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ms. Fortune]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:'''''WANTED: Ms. Fortune, Undead or Alive''''']]
->''"Curiosity can't kill me."''

--> Voiced by '''Creator/KimlinhTran'''

Nadia Fortune is the last surviving member of the Fishbone Gang, a band of otherwise [[FishPeople Dagonian]] thieves, whose last caper ended in tragedy; in an attempt to steal the Life Gem, a valuable and mystical artifact, from Lorenzo Medici, all were caught by the Mafia and brutally killed... or so the mob thought. Nadia managed to swallow the Gem and [[ImmortalityInducer gained immortality]] from it (or at least a near-infinite HealingFactor, which amounts to the same thing), which allowed her to survive the mob's vengeance -- Dahlia and her goons ''chopped her into little pieces'' and dumped her in the river with the bodies of the rest of her gang. She now lurks in the shadows of Little Innsmouth, plotting her own revenge against the Medici Mafia.

Her birthday is November 24th, and she is [[ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty twenty-years-old, and pretty much stuck at that age]]. Her blood type is B. Her official likes list includes [[FriendToAllLivingThings making friends]], [[CatGirl sunlit naps]], [[IKnowMaddenKombat volleyball, bowling, golf]], [[LeParkour parkour]], [[PungeonMaster subjecting others to]] [[IncrediblyLamePun terrible puns]], Yu-wan's restaurant, Dim Sum, [[OddFriendship the Fishbone Gang]], [[JustLikeRobinHood robbing from rich, giving to poor]], and potato chips. Her dislikes contain [[TheMafia the Medici Mafia]], [[YouKilledMyFather Black Dahlia]], sushi, cops, bullies, marsupials, [[CatGirl loud noises]], and lemonade.

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!!Tropes related to Ms. Fortune:
* AbnormalLimbRotationRange: Since her limbs and head are fully detachable, they have an unlimited amount of rotation at the detachment points.
* AchillesHeel: She's not ''completely'' unkillable. While cutting pieces off of her does nothing, [[spoiler:in Cerebella's ending, we learn that she can be ''crushed'' to death]].
* AmbiguouslyBrown: According to WordOfGod, her human "ethnicity" is the Skullverse equivalent of Latina.
* {{Badass}}
* BareYourMidriff: Purely for fanservice, since she doesn't have a detaching scar around her stomach that a midriff-hiding outfit would obscure or obstruct.
* BerserkButton: Ms. Fortune didn't particularly like those thugs picking on Minette during the opening of her story...
* BewareTheSillyOnes
* [[BigBrotherInstinct Big Sister Instinct]]: Towards Minnete. See above.
** CoolBigSis
* BloodyMurder: She can [[HighPressureBlood jettison her own blood from severed limbs as a means of propulsion]].
* BodyHorror: She has quite a bit of unnatural control over her body even beyond popping her limbs off. One attack even involves entangling her opponents in a yarn ball made from ''her own muscle fibers''.
* CallingYourAttacks:
--> ''Claws for Alarm!''\\
''Headbutt!''\\
''Limber Up!''\\
''Zoom!''\\
''Omnomnom!''\\
''Fiber Uppercut!''\\
''Feral... Edge!''\\
''Cat Scratch Fever!''\\
''Remember, remember... the Fifth of Dismember!''
* {{Catgirl}}: Which is fairly unusual -- the rest of her gang were FishPeople.
* ClassyCatBurglar: [[{{Catgirl}} Literally!]]
* ConspicuousTrenchcoat: Before a fight.
* CuteLittleFang: No catgirl would be complete without one!
* DarkSkinnedBlonde
* DetachmentCombat: Her main ability. As a player character, this translates to her key mechanic being the ability to pop her head off, which sits on the battlefield and can be given commands separately from her main body until it's recalled.
* DevelopmentGag: One of her alternate colors is based on her [[http://pub.tenkuu.net/Images/060706_sg_lj_update/03_mfortune/060508_mfortune01d.jpg original design]].
* DoesNotLikeShoes: You wouldn't either if you had claws like that.
* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Her intro animation has her shred her trenchcoat by spinning her body independent of her head.
* EverythingsDeaderWithZombies: Technically, but neither of the brain eating or the flesh eating variety. Apparently she still needs to eat, hence her frequenting Yu Wan's restaurant.
** Her status is discussed among the fandom. Some consider that she came back after dying, others think that she never truly died and what the Life Gem did was alter her body and give her an extreme healing factor.
* ExpressiveAccessory: Her collar.
* [[ManBitesMan Girl Bites Girl]]: Her severed head can chew on opponents. (Popularly called OMNOMNOM.)
* GrievousHarmWithABody: Though it's not as apparent as her other limbs, her tail is detachable as well and she removes it specifically to use as a weapon (such as a golf club or a ''sword'') for a few of her attacks.
* GrotesqueCute: Awww! [[CatGirl It's a kitty!]] [[CutenessProximity You're a cute kitty, aren't y]] -- ''[[{{Gorn}} ugh...]]'' ''[[FanDisservice ew]]''.
* IKnowMaddenKombat: She can use her head like a volleyball or a bowling ball in some moves, and swings her detached tail like a golf club for her Snap Back - which can send her similarly detached head ricocheting about the field.
* InSeriesNickname: Despite most other characters referring to each other by their first names, only a few characters ever call her Nadia, suggesting "Ms. Fortune" is this for her.
* ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty: Her bio states she's exactly twenty years old. It's unknown how old she was when she gained her immortality, but it was likely not too long ago.
* ImmortalityHurts: In Cerebella's story it's implied she got to The Grand Cathedral first, lost to Valentine and/or Double in a fight, and that Valentine's been conducting painful experiments on her regenerating body. Valentine's implied to want to do these experiments in Ms. Fortune's own story mode but fortunately she's strong enough to beat her there. Also if Valentine [=KOs=] her in Gameplay she sometimes screams "No...! No...!!!" as if she knows what's coming next.
* ImmortalityInducer: The Life Gem.
* JustLikeRobinHood: Stealing from the rich and giving to the poor are classified as two of her "Likes".
* LeParkour: One of her many likes.
* LetsGetDangerous: Implied. Two of her lines when using her Feral Edge super are delivered in a much more ferocious tone of voice than her normal jovial tone.
* LittleBitBeastly: She has the ears, tail, fangs, and claws of a cat, but otherwise looks human.
* LosingYourHead: She has the ability to [[http://shoryuken.com/2011/10/05/skullgirls-ms-fortune-scores-a-decap-attack/ take off her head and attack with it]].
* MadeOfPlasticine: Her body comes apart very easily. The difference from most examples is that for her, [[DetachmentCombat this is an advantage]].
* {{Nerf}}: She's one of the biggest victims of the nerf bat in the "Slightly Different Edition" patch. Pre-patch, Ms. Fortune was a monster that could pull off ten-second long combos with her head off. The key to pulling those combos off, however, was her OMNOMNOM move, which post-patch is now limited to once per combo.
* NothingPersonal: It's not that she particularly ''wants'' to fight Marie, but she has to if she wants to bring the Fishbone Gang back to life.
--> '''Ms. Fortune''': So, no offense, but you're the last thing standing between me and my family, so let's get this show on the road!\\
'''Marie''': I too have lost much to the Medicis. Do you not seek vengeance? Wishes such as yours rarely turn out well.\\
'''Ms. Fortune''': I've got to try -- the Fishbone Gang raised me, protected me and taught me everything I know. The least I can do is return the favor.
* NotSoDifferent: The BigBad remarks that their wishes are similar; to destroy the mafia and all affiliated crime organizations as revenge for their friends.
--> '''Ms. Fortune''': "Look, I'm gonna have to stop you before you get to the 'We're a lot alike, you and I' bit."
** Both she and Squigly have been killed by the Medicis and come back to life. If she loses to Squigly, she'll occasionally mutter "But... we're... the same..."
* OddFriendship: She's a CatGirl and all of her allies are FishPeople.
* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Compared to the more traditional rotting zombie that is Squigly, Nadia has no outward signs of her state besides her scars. Until she starts fighting that is.
* PullingThemselvesTogether: She did this after being chopped into pieces, and her Fifth of Dismember special involves her exploding and then doing this.
* PungeonMaster: Even worse than Peacock. There's a pun in the name or [[CallingYourAttacks callout]] of nearly every one of her moves, [[http://wiki.shoryuken.com/Skullgirls/MsFortune#Move_List and a lot of them have both]]. One of her "likes" is "Subjecting others to [[IncrediblyLamePun terrible puns]]."
--> ''"A purr-fect plaything."\\
"Paws-itively delightful."\\
"[[ComicBook/VForVendetta Remember, remember, the Fifth of Dismember!]]"\\
"[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom Purrserker Furrage!]]"\\
"Wow, I'm claw-some."\\
"You're not claws-strophobic, are you?"\\
"Not a-mew-sing."\\
"Time to pull myself together!"\\
"[[ItsPersonal Meow it's purr-sonal.]]"\\
"[[Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind That's a CLAWS encounter of the FURRED kind!]]"\\
'''[on defeating Parasoul]''' "I... uh... dammit, your name's already a pun."''
* PunnyName: Her name is a play on the word "misfortune" (fittingly enough).
* PuppetFighter: If you take off her head, you can control it as a separate entity by using the HP button plus a directional input. It can simply headbutt, [[HighPressureBlood push itself away using blood]], [[SneezeOfDoom sneeze and send itself into the air]], or [[ManBitesMan bite the opponent and keep them in place]]. By doing so, however, you lose a bit of mobility options, a good lockdown normal, and anything else the HP button would've done.
* RunningOnAllFours: Her forward dash.
* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud[=/=]TropeName: One of her quotes when blocking.
--> "''Hiss...''"
* ScarsAreForever: She retains these after being dismembered.
* SpicyLatina: As noted above, she's the Skullgirls universe's equivalent of Latina.
* StealthPun: She's a cat burglar.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Her costume. It was designed to highlight her scars such that they can be easily seen [[LudicrousGibs when they separate]]. Justified in that her fighting style involves dismembering herself. Thus it makes sense for her to wear clothing that won't get in the way of removing and reattaching her limbs.
** If her intro animation before each fight is any indication she wears a trench coat to covers herself when out in public and only rips it off when she knows she's about to get into a fight.
* TheUndead: Well technically she ''is'' a zombie. The gem's the only thing keeping her body alive.
* {{Underboobs}}
* UnusualEars: Cat ones. Conveniently, her hairstyle covers the sides of her head, hiding whether or not she has additional human ears.
* WhoWearsShortShorts
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: In her ending, she decides to return home [[spoiler:without making her wish, destroying the Skull Heart]]...except [[spoiler:Minette]] has been kidnapped, so she and her friends at Innsmouth [[HereWeGoAgain set out to find her]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Painwheel]]
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[[caption-width-right:302:'''''The Pain of Painwheel''''']]
->'''''"Get out of my head!!"'''''

--> Voiced by '''Danielle [=McRae=]'''

Once, she was a [[OrdinaryHighschoolStudent normal schoolgirl]] named Carol, who was kidnapped by Valentine and delivered to the Anti-Skullgirls Labs’ secretive Lab Zero. There she was implanted with the synthetic Buer Drive and Gae Bolga parasites and infused with experimental Skullgirl blood, transforming her into the monster she is today. Violent and unstable as a result of these experiments, as a precaution she’s mentally controlled by Lab Zero’s powerful psychic director, Brain Drain. Fueled by rage, she draws her power from her pain and fury. Despite that, the soul of that scared young girl still lives on inside this monstrous body, desperately fighting off the onslaught of voices that would control her.

Her birthday is October 23rd, and she's fifteen-years-old. Her blood type is [[AlienBlood SG]][[note]]'''S'''kull'''g'''irl[[/note]]. Her official likes list contains [[GreenThumb flowers, gardening]], walking on the beach at sunset, family, the sound of wind chimes, [[HeroesLoveDogs dogs]], nostalgic memories, [[ThePowerOfFriendship friends]], magenta, and [[ProperLady proper etiquette]]. Her dislikes include [[RenegadeSplinterFaction ASG Labs]], Valentine, Brain Drain, the [[BigBad Skullgirl]], the [[ArtifactOfDoom Skull Heart]], [[HatesEveryoneEqually people]], [[IAmNotPretty her current body]], {{mind control}}, [[ColdBloodedTorture torture]], pain, frustration, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking gossip, styrofoam sounds, loud noises, and bad puns]].

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!!Tropes related to Painwheel:
* AbnormalLimbRotationRange: If one pays attention to her normals, you can see that she forces her limbs into various positions to force out the Gae Bolga parasites. Her standing Hard Kick in particular is gruesome enough with her leg bending backwards at the knee.
* AnimeChineseGirl: The image given off by her appearance. However, she is a decidedly ''non''-cute example closer to a StringyHairedGhostGirl.
* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler:Eventually averted, once Painwheel breaks free of the mind control.]]
* TheBerserker: So much so that her [[ChargedAttack charge attacks]] can gain more power when she's hit while readying them.
* BlackEyesOfCrazy: Has black sclera, as seen in [[spoiler: Valentine's]] ending.
* [[BladeBelowTheShoulder Blade Below BOTH Shoulders and BOTH Knees]]: They're also [[RetractableWeapon retractable]].
* BodyHorror: She has a giant pinwheel attached to her back (connected to what looks like her ''spine''), as well as nails driven into her thighs, shoulders and head. She's also able to produce spikes anywhere on her body. What's more is that she is constantly aching, as every attack causes her to scream in pain.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: And the pivotal point of her story mode is how to break out of her brainwashing.
* CallingYourAttacks:
--> ''Death Crawl!''
* ChargedAttack: Almost all of her normal attacks can be charged when you hold the button, and they even gain [[ImmuneToFlinching armor]] when charged.
* CorneredRattlesnake
* DarkReprise: Her {{Leitmotif}}, ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVC-95fnVYs The Lives We Left Behind]]'' is remixed to a depressing effect and called ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GpPwiFGuxw The Lives We Tried to Reclaim]]'' in her ending.
* DeadlyRotaryFan: The Beur Drive can be used as such, though the blades give off a SinisterScythe vibe.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Implied in Big Band's story. [[spoiler: After defeating Painwheel, he asks Leduc to bring her to the Lab 8 survivors.]]
* DifficultButAwesome: Painwheel's sluggish movement, awkward normals, and [[SomeDexterityRequired reliance on flight canceling]] give her one of the steepest learning curves in the game. A skilled player, though, can turn her into an absolute terror, putting together difficult blockstrings and insanely huge combos.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:She regains free will, but is still a monster. Returning home to her parents, they are terrified and drive her out. Brain Drain offers to take her back in to Lab Zero but [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge it does not work out.]]]]
* DualBoss: With Double in Valentine's Story
* ExoticEyeDesigns: In her ending when it's shown that [[spoiler:she's going to become the new Skullgirl]].
* ExpressiveMask
* FacePalmOfDoom: Her air throw.
* FightingFromTheInside: Carol, as implied by her backstory. This is taken to a literal level in her story mode, when she must fight her inner self in order to break control. (You just fight a PaletteSwap.)
* {{Flight}}: Can use the Buer Drive's blades like helicopter rotors to fly.
** FlyingBrick
* GagDub: ValleyGirl Painwheel.
--> '''"Like, Deathcrawl!"''
* GlowingMechanicalEyes: The way her eyes light up behind her mask during her story mode's opening cutsceen give the impression that she has these.
* GoodScarsEvilScars
* HulkingOut: Her Gae Bolga special causes her to do this.
* IJustWantToBeFree[=/=]IJustWantToBeNormal: All she wants is to be able to destroy the people who made her the monster she's today and break free of their oppression. The "be normal" part is quite more difficult to achieve [[spoiler:as the end of her storyline show us and the only way to ever be normal again is wishing it to the Skull Heart like Filia did]].
* [[ImplacableMan Implacable Woman]]: While using [[SuperMode Hatred Install]], Painwheel can use her charged normal attacks to absorb hits that would normally kill her, and survive.
* LivingWeapon
* [[MalevolentMaskedMan Malevolent Masked Woman]]
* MeaningfulName: Her real name, Carol, means ''Free Man''. A pivotal part of her story is her breaking free of Brain Drain's control.
* {{Miniboss}}: In Valentine's story.
* {{Moe}}: Carol is [[InvokedTrope specifically referred]] to this on her design sheet.
* MoralityPet: As Carol, she was one for [[spoiler:pre-Samson Filia]].
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
* NotQuiteBackToNormal: In Filia's ending, her wish is for Painwheel to live a normal life. While she's no longer got her parasites and the pain from them, Carol still goes by the name Painwheel and has the cross shaped scar on her face. To say nothing of her attempt to smile. As for Filia however, cue [[spoiler: her slow and painful transformation into the Skullgirl.]]
* OdangoHair
* PerpetualFrowner: After becoming Painwheel. One piece of concept art published by Reverge Labs shows her smiling, with the emphatic note "''[[AC:this NEVER happens.]]''" penciled in next to it.
** [[spoiler:Subverted... [[TheUnSmile kind of]]... in Filia's ending.]]
* PhlebotinumRebel
* PrimalStance: Crawls on all fours when walking normally.
* ProperLady: As hard as it is to believe, it's implied she was this before her transformation. The "likes" in her profile include "proper etiquette".
* PsychoSerum: Experimental synthetic Skullgirl blood.
* {{Qipao}}: Though it almost looks like a NakedApron due to how low it is in the back.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Her eyes are glowing red.
* ScarsAreForever: Although it's hard to tell whether the scars on her face after removing her mask are permanent or not.
* SenselessViolins: WordOfGod says that the cello case she brings at the end of Filia's Story Mode contains her Buer Drive blades.
* ShoutOut: Her death-crawl is reminiscent of [[SoulSeries Voldo's]] reverse crab-walk.
* SkywardScream: In her victory pose.
* SoundtrackDissonance: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c1CAurqbr8 Check her trailer, which is filled with disturbingly upbeat singing.]]
** WordOfGod said that the music was selected for Carol and for the disturbing contrast.
* SwirlingDust: Her victory pose. Kind of overlaps with a bit of BattleAura.
* TaintedVeins: She has dark veins all over her body, thanks to experiments that transformed Carol into who she is.
* ThatThingIsNotMyChild: Her ending, unfortunately, where she returns to her parents, but scares them and is called a monster.
* TheUnsmile: When introducing herself [[spoiler:to her new classroom]], after [[spoiler: Filia wished a normal life for her.]]
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Until Valentine kidnapped her.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: All of her spoken dialogue has a reverb effect.
* WheelOfPain: Her weapon, and her ''name''.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: The poor girl has it tough. [[spoiler:In her story, she finally breaks free but she's still a monster and her parents shout her to leave. Then her eyes get the signature half skull, meaning she will become the next Skullgirl and possibly destroy the world.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Valentine]]
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[[caption-width-right:302:'''''The Bloody Valentine''''']]
->''"[[SideEffectsInclude Side effects may include]] nausea, headaches, and '''death.'''"''

--> Voiced by '''Creator/LauraPost'''

Valentine is the only survivor of the Last Hope, a group of special Anti-Skullgirl Lab operatives. Before meeting their end at the hands of the Skullgirl, the Last Hope worked for the mysterious Lab Zero and performed duties ranging from reconnaissance and sabotage to advanced research.

Now Valentine dutifully serves the Skullgirl, carrying out her will from the shadows. She keeps to herself, so much of her true nature and personality are unknown.

Her birthday is [[{{Irony}} December 25th]], and she is twenty-seven years old. Her official likes list contains [[TheAlcoholic alcohol]], [[MadScientist the Scientific Method]], studying things from afar, [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent snakes]], [[SavageWolf wolves]], [[HiddenDepths classical music, acoustic guitar]], [[TheChessmaster punctuality, careful planning, mind games]], taking things apart, news and non-fiction reading, [[SmartPeoplePlayChess chess]], meat, [[McNinja Eastern culture]], and dark chocolate. Her dislikes include needless formality, sentimentality, [[MightMakesRight weak people]], [[LethalChef cooking]], bedside manner, [[BadBoss Brain Drain]], [[GagBoobs back pain]], and candy.

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!!Tropes related to Valentine:
* OneUp: Her Level 5 Super can bring a dead teammate back to life with 33% of their health.
* TheAlcoholic: One of her likes is alcohol. [[spoiler:She is a DeathSeeker.]] Make of that what you will.
* AlwaysVSexy
* AmbidextrousSprite: Her eyepatch changes which eye it covers depending on which way she's facing. During her turning animation, her hair briefly hides both eyes to disguise the change.
%% * AntiVillain: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiVillains Type II.]]
* {{Asexual}}: WordOfGod says Valentine has no interest in romance. Despite this, she often [[HoneyTrap uses her looks to seduce others]] when needed.
%% * TheAtoner
* BadassNormal: The only member of the initial cast who manages to kick ass without hosting a parasite or having command over a LivingWeapon. [[EldritchAbomination Double]] and [[ImmortalityInducer Ms. Fortune]] do not count. [[spoiler:Though it's possible that she isn't--it's too hard to tell because the canon story mode hasn't been released yet, but she took drugs during her time as a member of Last Hope which had a side effect of [[ExoticEyeDesigns those medical crosses in her eyes]]. Whether they were used to enhance her combat abilities or not is unknown.]]
* BeMyValentine
* CallingYourAttacks:
--> ''Dead Cross!''\\
''Skyward Strike!''
* CodeName: According to WordOfGod, :her real name is [[spoiler:Valerie]].
* CombatMedic: As a character type, she is much more focused on the combat aspect, but she still has a healing ability for her Level 5 super.
* CounterAttack: She has one as a super. Notably though, it is incredibly discreet for a super counter, there is no dramatic super flash, and the meter is only depleted until after the counter either works or doesn't work.
* DangerouslyShortSkirt
* DeadlyDoctor
* DeathSeeker: Implied in her story mode. She seems intent on persuading [[spoiler:Painwheel] to kill her. So much so that in her ending she willingly wishes to [[spoiler: becomes the next Skullgirl]].
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Her dialogue when she starts talking about experimenting on Ms. Fortune, and her [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2cd9fSiXj1qiasjvo4_250.png injured]] sprite.
* DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent: [[spoiler:Worked for the government and Lab Zero]], then worked for the Skullgirl, but was actually working for [[spoiler:herself]] the whole time.
* TheDragon: To the current Skullgirl.
** DragonWithAnAgenda
* DrivenToSuicide: In her ending. See SuicideByCop below.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Apparently, she wasn't happy about having to work on Painwheel; Brain Drain had to lean rather heavily on her to get her to cooperate.
* EvilMentor: In her story, she prepares [[spoiler:Painwheel]] to [[spoiler:destroy the Skullgirl]].
* ExoticEyeDesigns: Her pupils are black crosses, the same shape as the red crosses on her uniform. [[spoiler:Apparently they're one of the side effects of the drugs she took when she was in Lab 7.]] When [[spoiler:she becomes the Skullgirl]] in her ending, the [[spoiler:telltale skull-shaped]] iris marks get added on.
* [[EyepatchOfPower Eye Bandage of Power]]: An accident in Lab 7 caused the bandaged eye to the point of apparent uselessness.
* EyeScream: See directly above.
* FaceHeelTurn: Prior to the events of the game, she used to work for the Anti-Skullgirl Lab, but now works for the Skullgirl after the defeat of the Last Hope. [[spoiler:She was actually GoodAllAlong.]]
%% ** :HeelFaceRevolvingDoor
* FanDisservice: Valentine's Infinite Prevention animation has her attempt to tear her shirt off [[spoiler:before tearing her chest open and exploding into a pile of bones and gore, after which she reappears from a body-bag]].
* FlashStep: Her ground tech and wakeup roll are this instead of traditional rolls.
* {{Flatline}}: Her rushdown super mimics the effect.
* FormFittingWardrobe
* ForScience
* GagBoobs: Certainly not as Gag-worthy as others, but she measures at 36E and lists "Back pain" as one of her dislikes.
** It's actually made into a constant visual gag, as many of Valentine's animations have her adjusting her top or supporting her breasts as she pulls items from her cleavage.
* GoodAllAlong: In her story mode, she was actually only biding her time until she could get another chance to [[spoiler:defeat the Skullgirl]].
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Her mask hides a scar crossing her lip, onto her chin.
** Her eyepatch, too; the scar over her eye ([[AmbidextrousSprite presumably it's supposed to be her right eye]]) is even more noticable according to her concept art.
* GoryDiscretionShot: Her Level 3 super is a particularly brutal one.
* GrievousHarmWithABody: Her jumping hard kick has her pull a body bag out of nowhere, open it up, and hit the opponent with the cadaver's legs.
* {{Hammerspace}}: Where does that body bag come from? Then, of course, there's the astounding inventory she manages to keep [[VictoriasSecretCompartment between her breasts]] and in her medical bag.
* HandicappedBadass: Her right eye, hence the patch.
* HelloNurse: Peacock actually says "Hello Nurse" when she's fighting against Valentine.
* HighlyVisibleNinja: Although she's a nurse. She'd blend in if she was working in a hospital.
* HoneyTrap: WordOfGod says she uses her looks to seduce others to obtain information when needed.
* HospitalHottie
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Uses weaponized versions of medical tools -- bonesaws, defibrillators, syringes, scalpels, body bags (some with [[GrievousHarmWithABody cadavers]] still inside), an IV stand with one end sharpened... though her weapon of choice seems to be a bonesaw with a katana hilt.
* ImpossibleHourglassFigure: Even more-so than Parasoul; her [[http://skullgirls.com/characters/valentine/ official profile]] lists her measurements as 36E-25-40.
* InstantSedation: Her grab incapacitates the opponent with knockout gas rather quickly.
* {{Irony}}:
** Named Valentine, her birthday is on Christmas.
** Likes: Dark chocolate. Dislikes: Candy.
* [[LastOfHisKind Last of Her Kind]]: The only remaining survivor of the 'Last Hope', a government ordinated squad of ninja nurses like herself.
* MagicalDefibrillator: Valentine can use her defibrillator as a [[LimitBreak Level 5 Super]] to bring one team mate back to life, no matter the circumstances.
* TheMedic: She can revive a teammate at the cost of ''[[AwesomeButImpractical five meters.]]''
* {{Miniboss}}: Holds this position as the first unambiguous ''villain'' to be a playable character, whereas most of the other "villainous" characters are more like {{heroic comedic sociopath}}s. Reinforced by her being one of two characters of the initial eight who has a ''Level Five'' super.
** DualBoss: With Double.
* MsFanservice: Special mention has to go to her pre-fight intro, where she's seen behind hospital curtains fiddling with her top.
** See also her winpose; it involves her ''trying'' to pull a mercury thermometer out from inside her shirt, but "accidentally"[[note]](probably ''not'' accidental, judging by the smug grin visible through her face mask)[[/note]] snapping the end off because the rest of it is too firmly lodged between her breasts.
** When she gets knocked down, her top slowly slips off, showing ToplessnessFromTheBack. When standing back up she quickly re-buttons her shirt.
* {{Nerf}}: Not a direct sort of nerf, but she was one of the biggest victims of the changes in the IPS system from the "Slightly Different Edition" patch, since it dramatically reduced the length of her combos.
* NinjaLog: After executing her FlashStep ground tech, she leaves a bag of medical supplies in her place.
* [[NinjaPirateRobotZombie Ninja Nurse]]
* NinjaRun: Her ground dash.
* OccidentalOtaku: A rare, non-nerdy variation. Her fascination with Eastern culture apparently inspired her McNinja fighting style. [[WordOfGod Alex Ahad]] has specifically described her as a "weeaboo".
* PantyShot: It's hard to tell, but, hilariously enough, she actually wears fundoshi, which is a ''male'' Asian undergarment.
* PetTheDog: Her story mode implies that [[spoiler:she's quite fond of Painwheel]].
* ProudBeauty: While she never tries to use her looks to her advantage she DOES seem to be pretty vain.
** The code she uses during Story Mode to get Painwheel to obey her consists of her measurements.
** Her aforementioned VictoryPose, which involves her trying to pull a thermometer out of her cleavage and breaking it because it's lodged in there too snugly. She's smiling behind her mask the whole time, implying BigBreastPride.
** One of her intro quotes torward Parasoul concerning The Egrets:
--> "No way they'll follow ''you'' once they've seen ''me''."
* RedBaron: As seen on her film poster, "The Bloody Valentine".
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* ReverseMole: She's waiting for the right time to [[spoiler:betray Marie]].
* SlashedThroat: Her air grab is this done with her bonesaw, albeit nonlethal.
* SlasherSmile: Whenever her surgical mask is down.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Like Parasoul, chess is listed as one of her likes.
* SpinningPiledriver: Of the Izuna Drop variety: one of her throws stuffs the opponent in a body bag before performing the piledriver. Her level 3 Super also begins with the same move.
* StatuesqueStunner: In-game, Valentine is about the same height as the other girls, but that's only because she's ''crouching''. As we can see in her match intro (or her page image above), she's 6', two inches taller than Parasoul.
* StealthPun: A bunch.
** In her Story Mode [[spoiler:she steps in between Painwheel and Double's fight]], prompting Double to call her a "double-crosser." She's referring to [[spoiler:Valentine's ambiguous alliance of course]], but given that she's literally crossing Double... And Valentine's red crosses...
** On a related note, ever notice that [[ExoticEyeDesigns Valentine's pupils are little medical crosses]]? [[spoiler: She's cross-eyed.]]
** When Valentine tags out with Double, one of her lines is "Prepare for trouble!" [[spoiler:"[[ShoutOut And make]] [[{{Anime/Pokemon}} it Double!]]"]].
* SuicideByCop: At the end of her story mode, [[spoiler:she wishes to become the Skullgirl, presumably so Painwheel will kill her]].
* TakeUpMySword: In her story mode towards [[spoiler:Painwheel]], in a guile variation.
* TechnicolorToxin: Valentine has three different poisons she can load into a syringe mid-battle, and each has a different color and effect. Purple causes {{damage over time}}, Green adds extra hitstun to attacks, and Orange [[InterfaceScrew adds delay to button inputs]].
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: As part of her status as a [[spoiler:ReverseMole, working with Double]] is this.
* ThemeNaming: All of the members of Last Hope are named after different holidays: Valentine is Valentine's Day, Patty is St. Patrick's Day, Hallow is Halloween, and Christmas and Easter are self-explanatory.
* UndeathlyPallor: Despite not being dead, her skin is a creepy pale grey. [[DownplayedTrope However]], it's less noticeable than most other examples of this trope.
* VerbThis: Two of her lines when using the Checkmate Incision super, one of them being a ShoutOut to the TropeNamer.
-->''[[Film/TheMatrix Dodge this]].''\\
''Bandage this!''
* WritingAroundTrademarks: Valentine's default palette will be changed from having red crosses to fuchsia ones since The Red Cross symbol is protected by The Geneva Conventions. This game doesn't need another legal problem.
* VictoriasSecretCompartment: Occasionally pulls out weapons from her cleavage. Her victory pose is her pulling a thermometer out, which then snaps.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Double]]
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[[caption-width-right:275:'''''The Devilish Double''''']]
->''"Have you come to give confession?"''

--> Voiced by '''Charlotte Ann'''
--> [[GagDub Republican Double]] voiced by '''Creator/KaijiTang'''

Double’s origins are a complete mystery. Seemingly without a will or motive of its own, this formless monster aids the Skullgirl.

Double is capable of transforming its nightmarish form into that of any person, but often appears as a smiling nun. She can frequently be found in the Grand Cathedral of the Divine Trinity, listening to confessions and attending to the catacombs beneath.

Her birthday, age, and blood type are all unknown. Her likes and dislikes lists both simply read [[NothingIsScarier "nothing"]].
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!!Tropes related to Double:
* TheAgeless
* AssKicksYou: She takes Cerebella's form to do this one, and it's [[ShoutOut similar]] to [[Franchise/StreetFighter R. Mika's]] famous ass attack. The real Cerebella lacks this move.
* AwesomeButImpractical: Her Level 5 Super turns her into a {{Gradius}} boss. While Mike Z mentioned a 60,000 damaging juggle combo with it, it's easy to screw up, especially when you're pressured with not wasting a whole five meters. Only time will tell.
* BadHabits: Her nun disguise is more disturbing when you realize it has ''veins'' in the lower parts.
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:In Squigly's story mode, where she gave the Skull Heart to the Contiellos so the Medicis would murder the family.]]
* BlackEyesOfEvil: She has these in her nun form for one of her alternate color palettes. Still, her monster form has [[BlackEyesOfCrazy black sclera]].
* BodyHorror: Let's start with the fact that she has a giant, razor-toothed mouth in her back and go from there.
* ChunkyUpdraft: No, not the floor around her. She does this with... ''herself''. The best way to describe it would be like Lava rising in a lava lamp sped up about a hundred times. Some of the pieces brush up against her boobs as they rise past her which results in constant {{Gainaxing}} so long as she's standing still.
* DevelopmentGag: Many of her transformations involve animations and concepts not used by the final designs of each character.
* DittoFighter: She assumes the forms of other members of the cast and uses specials [[WhatCouldHaveBeen they used to have in planning stages]], such as taking Peacock's form and using a car to run down her enemies. However, all of her moves have different properties, making them unique to her. She does not possess the ability to copy powers, either. For example, she cannot use Krieg's tears, so she uses Parasoul's gun instead. As a whole, she only assumes the forms of her enemies not to outright ''copy'' them, but to ''mock'' them.
* TheDragon: To the current Skullgirl.
* EldritchAbomination: Is a mass of constantly shifting eyes, tendrils, and mouths.
* EvilIsVisceral
* EyesAlwaysShut: Her nun form. And when she opens them, it means it's battle time.
* FanDisservice: Double is unquestionably the ''queen'' of this.
* FinalBoss: [[spoiler: In Squigly's storyline.]]
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Double, when not in battle, takes the form of a smiling nun.
* FreezeFrameBonus: Double's Level 3 Blockbuster has her transform into all of the 7 main cast members, but also several as-of-yet unannounced characters, including Umbrella, Squigly, Andy Anvil, Black Dahlia and Mrs. Victoria.
** The opening to Skullgirls has a FreezeFrameBonus near the 1:16 mark, a poster that practically spoils her existence.
* GagDub: [[StrawmanPolitical Republican]] Double.
-->''"Hey hey hey, I'm here to take your JOB!"''
* GainaxEnding: One minute, Double is [[spoiler:getting ready to devour the fighters she defeated]]. The next, two girls are [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall playing Skullgirls]]...and then we learn that ''none'' of the storylines in the game are canon.
* {{Gainaxing}}: Quite disturbingly, considering she's in her more monstrous form when she does it.
* HartmanHips: Disturbingly enough, these carry over to her monstrous form.
* HumanoidAbomination: Her nun form.
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: One of her win quotes.
* ImAHumanitarian: In her ending [[spoiler: she eats the other playable characters]].
* ManipulativeBitch: [[spoiler: Orchestrated the events that led to the death of the Contiello family (and thus, Squigly's death) and the creation of a Skullgirl 14 years ago. It's implied that she had a hand in the creations of all Skullgirls as well.]]
** [[ManBehindTheMan Woman Behind The Woman]]
* MeaningfulName[=/=]PunnyName: In all of her attacks, she ''doubles'' one of the other characters.
* {{Miniboss}}: In everyone else's storylines (Except for hers, Painwheel's, and Squigly's).
** DualBoss: With Valentine.
* MonochromaticEyes: In her nun form. In her default color they are [[BlankWhiteEyes white.]]
* MouthOfSauron: She speaks for [[spoiler: the Trinity, issuing commands to Marie]].
* NaughtyNuns
* {{Nerf}}: Her "Hornet Bomber" move no longer has priority over everything as of the "Slightly Different Edition" patch.
* NothingIsScarier: She demonstrates the trope both figuratively and literally by having "nothing" listed under both her likes and dislikes. Despite the lack of creepy items like under Painwheel's bio, a completely neutral mindset is horribly inhuman.
* NunsAreSpooky
* NunTooHoly
* RedBaron: The film poster calls her "The Devilish Double".
* RedEyesTakeWarning: In her natural form. Her nun form can also use a MonochromaticEyes version of this.
* RedRightHand: In her humanoid forms. You can see veins in the lower part of her nun "habit" and in [[spoiler: Squigly's story, the spots in her scarf take the shapes of faces]].
* SecretCharacter: ZigZagged. She's playable from the start, like everyone else, but she's the only fighter not to appear in the game's AttractMode and launch trailer, presumably to avoid spoiling her existence. However, she still received a character trailer, like all the other playable fighters. Her story mode also needs to be unlocked, by doing everyone else's story modes first.
** While her existence was NEVER a secret (she was confirmed as one of the eight initial characters from the start), her true form was. In promotional materials up until then, we only saw her in her nun form or as some other deformed creature, but never in her default fighting form. Her character trailer (the last one to be released, coming out only on the day the game itself was released for the first time) was the first time we got to see what she truly looked like, and even then, only for a few seconds - a "blink and you'll miss" type of thing.
* SinisterMinister
* SlideAttack: And it emulates [[Franchise/MortalKombat possibly the most famous slide attack]] in gaming history.
* UnexpectedShmupLevel: Played with: her Level 5 super transforms her into an Easter Island statue that spits projectiles and summons Peacock's cartoon cronies. Sounds almost like [[{{Gradius}} a certain shoot-em-up series Konami made]]...
* VoiceOfTheLegion: In more ways than one. Along with her shape, her voice morphs to match whichever character she's impersonating; she has very few lines in her "real" voice.
** VoiceChangeling: It is said in a Q&A that Double is able to mimic any voice she chooses and is capable of talking normally.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Double takes the form of the other playable characters to copy their attacks. [[spoiler:In Squigly's storyline, she was the strange invitade that gave the Skullheart to Squigly's mother.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Bloody Marie]]
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[[caption-width-right:302:'''''[[FinalBoss This is the end of the road]]''''']]
->''"You dare to challenge me?"''

--> Voiced by '''Creator/KiraBuckland'''

Marie Korbel, the game's FinalBoss, as well as the title character. A maid with a skeletal motif.

[[spoiler:She and Peacock are from Rommelgrad, a town in the [[{{Mordor}} No Man's Land]]. They were both captured by the Medici slavers, and sometime after Peacock was disfigured by them, Marie somehow managed to escape and find the Skull Heart. She wished for revenge on the men who hurt her friend. Remarkably strong willed, she is able to hold off the influence of the Skull Heart, using her powers as the Skullgirl to enact revenge on the mafia.]]

Her birthday is April 3rd. She has no official likes or dislikes list, and her blood type and age are unlisted.
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!!Tropes related to Bloody Marie:
* AntiVillain: A mix of WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds and and WellIntentionedExtremist. [[spoiler: Her MO as the Skullgirl is to take revenge on the Medici family, also, see PetTheDog below.]]
* ArmyOfTheDead: She summons skulls, undead gangsters, and skeletal monsters, which she refers to as her "slaves."
* AudienceSurrogate: In the Joke Story Mode of Squigly. [[spoiler:Squigly appears and apologize for tricking you, saying you'll have to wait a little more to play her story. Cue Marie asking how much time. [[AscendedMeme "Two weeks"]] Squigly replies.]] Then Marie gets to say what evey player is thinking.
-->'''Marie:''' ''[[UnstoppableRage RAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGH!!!]]'' ''I'LL TEACH YOU TO'' '''TROLL ME!'''
* BigBad
* CreepyChild: To say the least...
* DamageSpongeBoss[=/=]SequentialBoss: Has three stages and takes very little damage in all of them (she has to do less than half her own health in damage to defeat you).
* DeathFromAbove: In Squigly's Story Mode [[spoiler: she throws a building at an escaping Medici blimp..]]
* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler: In Squigly's Story Mode.]]
* DownloadableContent: According to Mike Z, she's the one most requested, although she only placed 12th in the overall voting.
* EvilOverlooker: [[http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/107/f/5/skullgirls_group_shot____by_oh8-d4wgs31.jpg In the cover art]].
* ExoticEyeDesigns: As shown in the game's opening. Her eyes are pinkish-red, but with black marks on the iris that make the pupil look like the eye socket of a skull. This is caused by [[spoiler:her being the Skullgirl]].
* ExpressiveAccessory: Her vacuum cleaner gains a dazed look whenever an attack hits her.
* FightingFromTheInside: Noted by a few characters. [[spoiler:Double]] in particular notes that [[spoiler:Marie's heart was so strong that the Skull Heart couldn't take full control of her]].
* FightingYourFriend: [[spoiler:Peacock]] was her friend before she became the Skullgirl and [[spoiler:Patricia]] became [[spoiler:Peacock]].
* FinalBoss: In everyone else's Story Mode. [[spoiler: Except for Squigly's.]]
* FinalSolution: Is trying to use the Skull Heart to wipe out the Medicis completely out of revenge for what they did to Peacock. Note that this includes characters like [[spoiler:Filia]] and Cerebella (The latter whom she even acknowledges as being unusually "pure" for the company she keeps) who are some of the nicer characters in the cast.
* FriendlyEnemy: To [[spoiler:Peacock.]]
* GlacierWaif: She doesn't look like she even weighs a hundred pounds, but she can take [[DamageSpongeBoss an absolutely ridiculous amount of damage]] before going down.
* HumanoidAbomination
* ImmuneToFlinching: Only in the pre-patch version.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Her concept art consistently shows her wielding a ''demonic vacuum cleaner''.
* InnocentBlueEyes: Before she became the skullgirl.
* IShallTauntYou: "SEE HOW WEAK YOU ARE!"
%% * KnightTemplar
* LockedIntoStrangeness: Her look in the picture up there is [=post-SkullGirlification=]. Before getting the heart she had brown hair, blue eyes and no skull headbands. [[http://static1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130831123161/skullgirls/images/2/29/Screen_shot_2013-08-31_at_11.35.10.png]]
* MadeASlave: She was one, along with Peacock, before the events of the game.
* {{Meido}}[=/=]NinjaMaid: The general basis of her character design. Also thematically appropriate, as she intends to [[spoiler: ''clean out'' the Medici Mafia]].
** She also is an interesting subversion since she is the boss of the game. Consider also that she is hunting and killing her slavers. She is not submissive.
** But she is slowly becoming the Trinity's servant. Double subverted.
** Then Double says that her heart is too strong and resisting the Skullheart. Triple subverted.
* {{Miniboss}}: In Squigly's storyline as she's the penultimate opponent.
* {{Nerf}}: Yes, even [[SNKBoss Marie]] got nerfed in the patch. Specifically, she's no longer entirely ImmuneToFlinching, and will flinch after she takes enough constant damage.
* OneWingedAngel
* PersonOfMassDestruction
* PetTheDog: Quite a few. A notable one in Parasoul's story shows that [[spoiler:Umbrella is nearly dying, and the only reason Marie was going to turn her into the Skullgirl was to [[IDidWhatIhadToDo save her life]]]].
** Considering what [[spoiler: being the Skullgirl [[FateWorseThanDeath entails]], you can hardly call that act ''merciful'']].
** [[spoiler:There's also Marie telling Double not to destroy Peacock along with the rest of the ASG creations. That part of the order may not have been followed, but the thought still counts.]]
** [[spoiler:She saved millions of people from death as she stopped a building dropping over their heads when she first showed out as the current Skullgirl.]] Leviathan even noticed that this was unusual for a Skullgirl. [[spoiler: On the other hand it's implied she caused the building to fall.]]
* PowerFloats
* PowersDoTheFighting: She never attacks the player with her own hands, instead throwing undead minions at them. Which is reasonable; as a half-skeletal child, she's not likely to do much damage with her bare hands.
* PowerUpFullColorChange: As of an update to ''Encore'', Marie changes to a [[OfficialFanSubmittedContent backer-submitted]] alternate palette when encountered on [[HarderthanHard Nightmare difficulty]] of Arcade mode or [[spoiler: as Marie 300% in Squigly's joke story mode]].
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Applies to both herself and, when in her alternate palette, to the various skulls she summons as well.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler: Against the Medicis who enslaved her and mutilated Peacock.]]
-->'''Marie:''' [[spoiler:Lorenzo Medici]]...Don't you dare to turn your back on me...[[spoiler:or this empire you build over your victims' graves]]...! [[IllKillYou I...WILL...DESTROY YOU!!!]]
%% * HeWhoFightsMonsters
* ShoutOut: To Persephone in the ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' series.
* SNKBoss: The worst part is that she has three forms that share one lifebar and she doesn't stop attacking when hit (Although for the latter the ImmuneToFlinching only applies to the Pre-Patch Version).
** Her last form is immune to low and mid attacks. This makes it ''nearly impossible'' for some characters, like Peacock, to hit it.
** [[spoiler:Marie 300% in Squigly's joke story mode is even worse.]]
* StarterVillain: Many other villains, such as the Medici mafia, Brain Drain, and [[spoiler:the Trinity]], are left unanswered for.
* TakeUpMySword: To [[spoiler:Peacock]] in the latter's story mode.
* TouchedByVorlons
* TheUndead: Along with her numerous {{Mook}}s.
* UndeadChild
* UsedToBeASweetKid: According to [[spoiler:Peacock.]]
* VillainsActHeroesReact: Kind of inverted. While she's not exactly [[OrcusOnHisThrone just sitting on her throne]], most of the time when her and the heroes' paths cross it's because the hero sought her out,(Cerebella being an exception.) and, in fact, are the ones who insist on fighting most of the time. If it weren't for the heroes' actions in their various story modes she probably would have carried on with her Medici genocide, paying them no mind.
* VolcanicVeins: Glowing blue blood vessels stretch out of the Skullheart.
* WalkingSpoiler: Just look at her description paragraph!
* WellIntentionedExtremist: At the end of the day, all she's trying to do is get revenge on The Medicis for mutilating Peacock. Though the fact that she's willing to kill [[spoiler:Filia]] and Cerebella, who are both fundamentally good people, just because they're associated with the Medici clan probably pushes her into KnightTemplar/[[HeWhoFightsMonsters She Who Fights Monsters]] territory.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: If Peacock's story is an indication.
[[/folder]]

!! DLC Characters

[[folder: Squigly]]
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[[caption-width-right:302:'''''Mezzo Soprano''''']]
->''"Shall we dance, m'lady?"''
->''"Let's."''

--> Voiced by '''LaurenLanda'''\\
Leviathan voiced by '''LiamOBrien'''

Squigly is the last "surviving" member of the Contiellos, a famous line of opera singers and long-time clients of the Medici family.

Fourteen years ago, tragedy befell Squigly’s family when the Medici mafia came close to obtaining the Skull Heart. During this incident she became one of the Skullgirl's undead minions. Once the threat had been defeated, only Squigly’s body was recovered, and Lorenzo Medici himself paid for her funeral.

Fast forward to the present: Bloody Marie's emergence has awoken Squigly from her long sleep. As part of the Skullgirl’s undead legion, Squigly should have become nothing more than a mindless servant of the pale maiden. However, thanks to the powers of her Parasite Leviathan, she is spared this fate.

Squigly is graceful, calm and well-mannered, but tough and determined to complete her mission. Her past experience with a Skullgirl gives her a unique perspective and a greater understanding of the situation over most.

Having served the Contiello family for generations, Leviathan is refined and dotes on Squigly like her father and previous host did. This long familial history has made Squigly's bond with Leviathan deeper and more fundamental than that of most Parasites, and allows them to work harmoniously both in and out of battle like synchronized dance partners. Their unique circumstance also seems to have given them abilities beyond this world, as well.

Her birthday is November 2nd, and she was fourteen-years-old at death (making her technically twenty-eight). Her blood type is [[MathematiciansAnswer embalmed]] (formerly A-). Her official likes list contains Leviathan, her family, [[AppealToTradition tradition]], reading up on current events, [[FriendToAllLivingThings animals]] (particularly birds and snakes), music, singing, [[BigEater noodles, cream soda, cake, burgers]], [[GreenThumb gardening]], the smell of incense, [[BathingBeauty bubble baths]], and [[CaptainObvious not being dead]]. Her dislikes include [[TheMafia the Medici Mafia]], [[YouKilledMyFather Black Dahlia]], [[BatmanGambit Double]], the [[ArtifactOfDoom Skull Heart]], rude people, [[ProperLady uncivilized behavior]], dishonesty, [[ItMakesSenseInContext not taking karaoke]] [[SeriousBusiness seriously]], [[FearOfThunder thunderstorms]], and [[CaptainObvious being dead]].

The first of the two characters originally planned to be in the original eight, but development was postponed in order to replace her with Valentine and Double instead. Squigly was released with the PC version on August 22, 2013 and the PlayStation3 version of the UpdatedRerelease on February 11, 2014. However, she is currently not available on the Xbox 360.

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!!Tropes related to Squigly:
* AmbidextrousSprite: During her beginning animation, one of her twin sidetails is lost when Leviathan emerges through it, but Leviathan comes out of the other one when she flips (as well as her one skeletal hand switching sides), making it seem to grow back.
* AndThatsTerrible: Squigly decides to go for revenge against [[spoiler:Lorenzo Medici]] when she discovers that ''her mouth was sewn shut'' by him. The man wasn't satisfied with taking her family and her life, he also was hoping to take away her voice, the life of any singer.
* ApologeticAttacker: She sometimes apologizes to the opponent and says it's NothingPersonal.
* AssKicksYou: Her snapback attack.
* BackFromTheDead: Marie becoming the Skullgirl has caused this. Once Marie is destroyed, she dies once again until another Skullgirl appears.
* BadassAdorable: When one of your moves has you jump-roping playfully across the screen, you know this trope is in play.
* BigEater: ''Four'' of the items on her "Likes" list are some kind of food or drink.
* BlueBlood: Pre-zombification, anyway. It's probably ''literally'' blue at this point, what with the lack of circulation.
* BreathWeapon: Leviathan can breathe fire. However, since he's relatively tiny, the flames don't go very far, and are better used as a short-range blaze. [[spoiler: He does, however, fry Double with a Godzilla-style blast in Squigly's ending.]]
* BuriedAlive: One of her supers has her do this to her opponent.
* CallingYourAttacks:
-->''Draugen Punch!''\\
''Drake Fang!''\\
''Silver Chord!''\\
''Dragon Strike!''\\
''Tremolo!''\\
''Dragonfly!''\\
'''(Squigly):''' ''Pass!'' '''(Leviathan):''' ''Away!''\\
'''(Leviathan):''' ''Inferno!'' '''(Squigly):''' ''Of Leviathan!''
* CuteMonsterGirl: The cutest zombie you'll ever see.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: In her updated story mode, it's revealed that [[spoiler:her family was murdered by Black Dahlia during the birthday party of Squigly's mother Selene. Selene wished on the Skull Heart to bring her family back, but they all returned as zombies and Selene became a Skullgirl. The only thing that saved Squigly from becoming a mindless zombie was her father Roberto transferring Leviathan to her. It's also implied that Squigly helped kill her own mother]].
* DetachedSleeves
* DivingKick: Her "Fallen Woman" special.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Seen wearing striped stockings over her feet, but that's about it.
* DownloadableContent
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:After defeating Marie, Double appears and reveals that she set up the whole thing by giving the Skull Heart to Selene and then telling the Medicis that the Contiellos had it. After defeating Double with the help of Filia and Samson, they destroy Marie and the Skull Heart. As her existence was tied to the Skull Heart, Squigly returns to her deep slumber until another Skullgirl rises again.]]
* EnemyMine: In her Story Mode, there's a battle where Fila and Samson fight alongside Squigly and Leviathan. [[spoiler: Specifically, the final battle against Double.]]
* EveryProperLadyShouldCurtsy
* EverythingsDeaderWithZombies
* EyeScream: Is missing an eye under that fringe.
* FashionableAsymmetry: Her hairstyle.
* FearOfThunder
* {{Foil}}: To Filia and Samson: Squigly and Leviathan get along with one another quite swimmingly while Filia and Samson lack the same kind of unity. In battle, Filia and Samson [[UnskilledButStrong overwhelm their opponents by sheer force albeit with limited cooperation]] while Squigly and Leviathan [[WeakButSkilled fight with incredible synergy to compensate their own lack of powerful attacks]]. Leviathan even calls out Samson on seemingly controlling Filia, while he, himself, never forces Squigly to do anything she doesn't want to and will apologize if he feels he has displeased her.
** [[spoiler:Also to Marie. Marie was abused and her best friend mutilated for the Medici, but Squigly lost ''her life and entire family'' at their hands. At first she was also trying to get revenge on Lorenzo, but unlike Marie she knows the danger of a Skullgirl and decides that stopping Marie is more important than her revenge. Additionally, she doesn't judge Filia for being a Medici, telling Double she'd rather let Filia's actions speak for her.]]
* GirlishPigtails: Leviathan knocks one of them out in her intro, turning the hairstyle into a single girlish pigtail.
* GoryDiscretionShot: [[spoiler:The Contiello family's mass murder and Squigly's own death.]]
* GreenThumb
* HartmanHips: To the point [[http://reluctantzombie.deviantart.com/art/Daily-Sketch-82-19A-14-DAMN-321425808 one fanart]] of her had the title "19A-14-[[UpToEleven DAMN!]]" To drive the point home, Squigly's Outtake, which utilizes her butt, has Leviathan make [[MemeticMutation the DAT ASS face]] with sunglasses and all.
** However, this is possibly a [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruction]]: the source of the aforementioned hips appears to be the corset she was buried in, which, after fourteen years, would likely [[OfCorsetHurts seriously damage]] [[RealityEnsues her waist]].
** Actually cited by name on her model sheet.
* TheHero: Unlike almost everyone else. The worst thing Squigly does is try to look for the man who killed her. In the end, Squigly fights for what's right and saves the day...
** HeroicSacrifice: ...even if it means dying again.
* ImpliedDeathThreat: When tagging out, she may taunt the opponent with a "See you soon!" Note that when she tags out, she goes into a coffin.
* InelegantBlubbering: Beginning of her Story Mode. [[spoiler: Of course, her family was being assassinated and she was next.]]
* InterfaceScrew: One of her attacks can cause the camera to zoom in closer to her, decreasing the size of the playing field so she can get closer. The charged version does the same thing except that she also temporarily prevents the camera from moving, which creates a corner.
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: How can she fight in that skirt? [[note]]She couldn't herself run while wearing it, but Leviathan provides some thrust which she uses to glide. Also, most of her kick attacks move both legs to the same place at the same time, similar to drop kicks, the exception being her standing mid kick which probably already goes as far as the skirt allows.[[/note]]
* LadyOfWar: Her fighting style is said to be very graceful and flowing, in contrast with the violent rough-and-tumble style of Filia and Samson.
* LagCancel: Performing a stance right after a normal and quickly releasing the button allows Squigly to do this, and proves to be the core mechanic of her longer combos.
* LastOfHerKind: In a way. She's the only Contiello that could keep her free will after the voice of the Skullgirl awoke them.
* MakeMeWannaShout: One of her supers involves using her opera skills to attack the opponent.
* ManBitesMan: One of her planned attacks was to have her take a bite out of her opponents. This wasn't implemented, but Leviathan has many biting attacks.
* MightyGlacier: Absolutely terrible mobility with slow attacks, but she hits like a truck if you let her. Her [[InterfaceScrew Center Stage]] and [[YouWillNotEvadeMe Silver Chord]] specials were made to help her poor movement.
* MouthStitchedShut: In her Story Mode [[spoiler: we learn it was done after her "death" by Lorenzo Medici, who was trying to send a symbolic message to his rivals]].
* OfCorsetsSexy: Possibly [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]]: see HartmanHips above.
* OnTheNext: Parodied in her joke story mode ending, where [[spoiler:Filia gives a deliberately vague preview of Squigly's ''actual'' story mode, with a couple of quips from Samson here and there.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Samson''': Don't miss it, or I'll knock your teeth out!]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Filia''': Samson, be nice...]]
* OurZombiesAreDifferent
* OverlyLongName: Her full name is Sienna Quinton [=CiShan=] Contiello...though the middle names might have been {{Retcon}}ned since they aren't used in her Story Mode.
** [[SomeCallMeTim Some Call Me Squigly]][=/=]InSeriesNickname: Even her ''mother'' called her Squigly.
* PeekABangs: Certain sprites reveal that she has this hairstyle to hide the fact that she's missing an eye.
* PrettyLittleHeadShots: The hole in her head that Leviathan occupies was caused by [[spoiler: Black Dahlia's gun. Despite the massive size of said gun, the hole itself is relatively small and clean enough to leave her head intact.]]
* PunctuatedPounding: One of her lines when using her Heavy Fallen Woman attack, which consists of her falling from the air and using Leviathan's tail to toss the opponent away when landing.
-->''"Grave!" (Attack hits opponent) "Digger!" (Attack flings them away)''
* RevengeBeforeReason: Inverted. She leaves aside her revenge against [[spoiler:Lorenzo Medici]] in favor of destroying the Skull Heart, knowing how dangerous a Skullgirl could be.
* TheRival: WordOfGod claims she's this to Filia, especially the relationship between Samson and Leviathan.
** FriendlyEnemy: Despite that, Squigly and Filia are rather polite with each other.
* SealedGoodInACan[=/=]SealedBadassInACan: Becomes this in her ending. Buried by Filia, Squigly will revive to destroy the Skull Heart when it re-appears and makes a new Skullgirl.
* SeriousBusiness: Karaoke, apparently.
* {{Shoryuken}}: Played with. Her "Draugen Punch" special has Squigly perform one while Leviathan charges head on in synch with the punch. In other words, it's a ''literal'' [[StealthPun "Rising Dragon Fist"]].
* ShutUpHannibal: [[spoiler: To Double.]] And it was awesome.
-->'''Squigly:''' I've heard enough!
* SlidingScaleOfUndeadRegeneration: Type III. She heals the wounds she takes in fights as well as any other character, but parts of her have rotted away. All the rotten parts can be conveniently hidden by her clothes. Most notable is her left arm, which has completely rotten away, [[DemBones leaving only the skeleton]].
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: An image found in the game files spells her name "Squig'''g'''l'''e'''y." It is also very common for the number of gs in her name to be increased without checking first.
* SpontaneousReverb: In fact, she has one all the time; see VoiceOfTheLegion below.
* StanceSystem: Comes in two flavors.
** InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: The Dragon's Breath Stance where she puts her foot back and lets Leviathan grow wings.
** WhipItGood: The Serpent's Tail Stance where she swings Leviathan's tail like one.
* ThemeNaming: Some of her attacks are named after famous operas, like "[[Theatre/{{Salome}} Dance of Salome]]" and "[[Theatre/MadameButterfly Madame Dragonfly]]" or musical terms, like "Arpeggio" and "Tremolo".
* TogetherInDeath: Non-romantic example, with Leviathan. He was buried alongside her and will remain at her side in her deep slumber.
* TheUndead
* VoiceOfTheLegion: Squigly's mouth is sewn shut, but [[WordOfGod according to Alex Ahad]], her space-manipulation powers allow her to talk by creating vibrations in the air in front of her face. As a result of her unusual method of "speaking", her voice has a bizarre reverb effect; it's easier to hear it when the music is turned down.
* YouWillNotEvadeMe: While singing, the camera focuses on her; which causes the field to move, drawing her opponent closer. The charged up version of the move also briefly immobilizes her opponent and can be canceled into her grab super.
** She also has a move where she sends out Leviathan's tail to hook her opponent and pull them towards her.
** Her Level 3 Blockbuster will follow the opponent unti it contacts. It will be weaker but still.

!!Tropes related to Leviathan:
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Considering some of his lines fall into {{jerkass}} territory, it's safe to say he's not completely honorable.
-->'''Squigly:''' I apologize in advance.\\
'''Leviathan:''' I don't.
* BritishAccents: [[LiamOBrien Considering who he's voiced by,]] [[PigeonholedVoiceActor this isn't a big surprise]].
* CallingYourAttacks:
-->'''''Mortis!'''''\\
''Circlet!''\\
'''(Squigly):''' ''Pass!'' '''(Leviathan):''' ''Away!''\\
'''(Leviathan):''' ''Inferno!'' '''(Squigly):''' ''Of Leviathan!''
* TheComicallySerious: Not all the time, but he has his moments, like showing a fierce face while Squigly is happily jumping rope.
* DogWalksYou: In a moment of uncharacteristic feralness, Leviathan drags Squigly while he bites everything in his way until he is pacified by his host.
* FreezeFrameBonus: When performing [[AssKicksYou Squigly's snapback move]], during the moment when the attack is supposed to connect, Leviathan is visibly wearing shades and has an expression on his face resembling the Rich Boy "Dat Ass" meme.
* {{Lemniscate}}: The symbol that Leviathan makes during the duo [[{{Pun}} Infinity Breaker]].
* NonHumanUndead: He is a skeletal serpent-dragon-thing with glowing yellow eyes.
* {{Ouroboros}}: Some of their moves have Leviathan biting his own tail.
* PlayingWithFire: Leviathan's specialty.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: [[spoiler: Squigly's Story Mode reveals he's older than the Skull Heart.]]
* RedOniBlueOni: Leviathan plays Blue Oni to Samson's Red Oni. Whereas Samson is aggressive, Leviathan is more co-operative and gentle with his host, as well as honourable.
* TheRival: WordOfGod says that he's this to Samson, espically between the relationship between Filia and Squigly.
* TogetherInDeath: A non-romantic variant. Since Leviathan can't survive without a host, he dies along with Squigly when Marie is defeated.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Apparently with Samson, if Squigly's story is anything to go by.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Big Band]]
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[[caption-width-right:302:'''''A Murderous Affair of Music''''']]
->''"When the word of law falls, pick it up and hold it higher!"''

-->Voiced by '''Rich Brown'''

Ben Birdland has seen a lot in his time, including the worst of the Grand War -- but nothing was worse than what he saw as a beat cop in New Meridian. When he ran afoul of his crooked unit he was given a violent early retirement, and his broken body was left to spend the rest of its days in an iron lung.

That would have been the end of Ben’s story if it hadn't drawn the ear of the Anti-Skullgirl Labs. With little left to lose, he agreed to be rebuilt with their experimental procedures. Melded with the machinery that allows him to breathe and a powerful array of pneumatic weaponry, he was reborn as Big Band.

Now a senior member of Lab 8, he’s become a father figure of sort to the younger ASG soldiers. A firm believer in their cause, he has stayed with the project through its controversies and still sees his place on the front lines against the Skullgirl. His technology may be dated, but he more than makes up for it with experience and fortissimo.

The second DLC and the cast's first male character. Like Squigly, he was [[SavedByTheFans funded by the fans]] through the Indiegogo crowdfunding event.

He is called Sax-Deka (Detective Sax) in Japan [[AscendedMeme due to the fans over there giving him the nickname before the game came out over there]].

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!!Tropes related to Big Band:
* AFatherToHisMen
* AlliterativeName: Both his secret identity and his real name.
* AscendedExtra: He can be seen on the left hand side of the Lab 8 stage.
* BadassBaritone: Oh yes.
* BadassLongcoat
* ByTheBookCop: He used to be one. Unfortunately, the cops he worked with were of the [[CorruptCop corrupt]] variety...
* CallingYourAttacks
-->''Clash!''
-->''Beat...Extend!''
-->''Take the A-Train!''
-->''SUPER SONIC!''
-->''Giant step!''
-->''[[JojosBizarreAdventure Tubatubatubatubatub-AAAA!!]]''
* ContinuityNod[=/=]{{Foreshadowing}}: His story mode begins with flashback of him arresting girls with bunny ears and a skull mask - [[spoiler: the same ones seen working for Black Dahlia in Squigly's story mode. In the flashback Big Band is assisted by Irvin, the detective that appears in Ms. Fortune's ending; Irvin later appears in the present during Big Band's story.]]
* {{Cyborg}}
* DownloadableContent
* {{Expy}}: Of Q from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII: Third Strike''. He even borrows the parry mechanic from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' to further reference Q.
* {{Foil}}: To Peacock. Both are Lab 8 reconstructed Anti Skullgirl weapons put back together from what little remained of their badly battered bodies, but where Peacock is loud, rude, overconfident, and borderline sociopathic, Big Band is sedate, mostly polite, wise, and friendly (notably, he never starts any of his fights in story mode, excepting the final one.) Peacock is also a young girl, while Big Band is an older man.
** [[spoiler: And like the previous DLC-introduced foil character, Big Band teams up with his counterpart for the final battle.]]
** There's also the fact that Big Band can play all the instruments in his body pretty well while Peacock can only manage to play a Banjo badly.
* GagDub: [[IncrediblyLamePun Sax]][[BlaxploitationParody ploitation]].
* GenreSavvy: He knows that the Skullheart would re-emerge after its destruction.
* HandicappedBadass: Like Darth Vader, his suit is basically an Iron Lung.
* HardboiledDetective: Complete with a PrivateEyeMonologue.
* HyperspaceArsenal: It's impressive how many weapons can fit under that coat.
* IHaveToGoIronMyDog: One of his victory quotes. More precisely, it's "I gotta go see a man about a dog!"
* IncrediblyLamePun:
-->''Now that's just "bassist!"''
** He has a few more when fighting Ms. Fortune, due to her being a PungeonMaster.
-->''Those are some choice pieces of calico.\\
Better augmented than segmented.''
* InstrumentOfMurder: His attacks all involve giant jazz weapons, including kick pedals, trombones and most notably a saxophone.
* JetPack: Of the Rocket Boots variety
* JiveTurkey: half his battle quotes are jazz, blues, and funk shout outs.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: In his story mode, he gets into fights with Cerebella and Ms. Fortune because of this. Cerebella thinks he's trying to start trouble with the Medicis, while Ms. Fortune [[{{irony}} thinks he is an agent of the Medicis]]. In the latter case [[spoiler: Irvin, the detective Fortune works with, stops the fight and reveals he was Big Band's former partner.]]
* MegatonPunch: With a fist roughly the size of Filia's entire body!
* MightyGlacier: The first proper one in the game, at that. He is big and heavy, and is slow even while dashing but compensates with high damage combos and heavy-hitting Blockbusters. In a twist to this trope's usual characteristics, his standards attack are actually somewhat short-ranged compared to the likes of Valentine, making him rely on his strong gap-closing moves to keep enemies in his reach.
* MusicalGameplay: He's currently planned to produce notes when he chains together combos, so that long combo chains sound like strings of free-form jazz.
** His standing medium punch produces a trumpet, and hitting buttons while it's out not only extends the attack, but produces notes, allowing you to actually play songs while attacking your opponent.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qcjCnkbROY Example.]]
* PowerFist: He has one massive arm made of brass tubes.
* PracticalTaunt: Holding his bagpipe taunt powers up his level one supers, turning Super Sonic Jam's ending into a [[RapidFireFisticuffs multi-hit flurry of punches]] and adding a special ending to Tympany Drive that sends his opponent high into the air.
* TheOneGuy: Currently the only playable male character until Beowulf shows up.
* RecurringRiff: He'll play a few notes from his stage's theme before and after matches every so often.
* ShownTheirWork: Big Band's finger placement when playing the trumpet is true to life for each note.
* ShutUpHannibal: In Big Band's story, [[spoiler: the Skullheart says that [[AsLongAsThereIsEvil it will keep coming back even if it's destroyed]]]]. Big Band's response?
-->''So what?''
* StealthPun:
** One of his kick moves involves producing a bass drum pedal from one of his feet. In other words, [[spoiler:a kick pedal]].
** Likewise, his standing hard kick has him lunge forward, supporting himself with a music stand. In other words, a Big Band, like a bicycle, is supported by [[spoiler:a kickstand]].
* TeamDad: He is a fatherly figure to Peacock and other younger members of Lab 8.
* TimeStandsStill: His level 5 super, Satchmo Solo, allows him to do this. By taking out a trumpet (his standing MP) and playing the first four notes of the Skullgirls RecurringRiff, Big Band can stop time to allow for either a full trumpet solo for the fun of it or do loads upon loads of damage using his [[RapidFireFisticuffs Satchmo Deathblow]] followup.
* WeCanRebuildHim
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Eliza]]
[[quoteright:245:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Skullgirls_DLC_Eliza_3752.png]]

At first glance, Eliza is a famous singer and actress in New Meridian with a humanitarian streak, who sponsors charity blood drive events. But beneath her façade, she is an ancient and powerful being whose blood-sucking parasite, Sekhmet, has allowed her to live for thousands of years.

Eliza is the first winner of the DLC Character Fan-Voting Sessions. The original concept design for her playstyle involves using her own blood to attack enemies while she is at a disadvantage to throw opponents off their game with surprise attacks. She can also anchor herself to her Staff of Ra, allowing Sekhmet to take over, turning her from a slow, hard-hitting character to a fast, weaker one.

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* AmbiguouslyBrown: [[DownplayedTrope Probably not-so-ambiguous]], but we don't exactly know what the Egyptian equivalent in the ''Skullgirls'' universe is.
* AscendedExtra: The first winner of the Skullgirls new character additions.
* BitchInSheepsClothing
* BloodyMurder: Her parasite sucks her blood to survive and can control any blood puddles left on the stage. This may be {{Bowdlerized}} later in the design phase.
* BodyHorror: The parasite Sekhmet has replaced her entire skeleton. During her pushblock, Sekhmet ''explodes'' out of her body to force her opponent away.
** Her eyeballs are held in place by scarabs.
* BullyingADragon: The Medicis are blackmailing an ancient vampire queen to make her kill again. It is implied this will lead to [[AwakeningTheSleepingGiant bad things]].
* ChekhovsGunman: Appears on a billboard in the Medici Tower stage.
* CombatStilettos
* DarkHorseVictory: In a meta sense, her and Beowulf's fan vote victory. Compared to the amount of fanart and fan discussions, neither of the two ''seemed'' to be as popular as some of the other characters, such as [[AnimeChineseGirl Feng]], [[TokenMiniMoe Umbrella]], or [[CuteClumsyGirl Minette]], but both of them managed to out-vote the other hopefuls. Notably, while Beowulf had ''some'' fans, Eliza had very few people talking about her. Most of her fanart and discussions came after her victory.
* {{Expy}}: Has the famous Cleopatra haircut and pointy nose.
** Her current name may even be [[ShoutOut derived]] from a [[Creator/ElizabethTaylor famous actress]] who played her.
* ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself: Her stage costume looks to be themed after her old identity, or at least culture.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Probably the biggest challenge the team is facing with Eliza is how to work her blood mechanic without jacking up the age rating to an M. The ESRB takes blood from getting hit by someone else much more seriously than if the blood was self-inflicted, like Ms. Fortune. Considering how gory [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BmdnrODCQAANlAu.png:large Eliza's hitstun animations look]], it looks like they're trying to keep the age rating by presenting her mechanic as [[BloodyHilarious comical]] rather than serious.
* GiantWaistRibbon: In the shape of an ankh.
* ImAHumanitarian
* InstrumentOfMurder: Her microphone stand, which doubles as a SinisterScythe.
* LifeDrainer: Since she obviously loses health when spreading her blood around the field, the amount of damage her blood does to her opponent are restored to her own life bar.
* TheMafia: Was blackmailed into working for them.
* MsFanservice: She gives Valentine a run for her money in this department.
** AbsoluteCleavage
** ShowgirlSkirt
** SideBoob
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: With a little Egyptian Mummy thrown in for good measure.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld
* ViewersAreGeniuses: Almost every attack of hers shown so far contains some reference to EgyptianMythology.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Beowulf]]
[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/skullgirls_dlc_beowulf_2248.png]]

A retired professional wrestler. Wields a folding chair named [[ICallItVera "The Hurting"]] (a play on "Hrunting", the name of the sword used by the ''original'' Literature/{{Beowulf}}.)

Second winner of the DLC Fan Voted contest.

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* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal: Like Valentine, Beowulf is an entirely normal human being, at least by comparison to the rest of the cast -- no cyborg parts, no parasites, no Living Weapons... just a strong pair of arms and an indestructible chair.
** RetiredBadass: Until now, anyway.
* ChairmanOfTheBrawl
* ChekhovsGunman: Andy Anvil foreshadowed his return from retirement in Peacock's story, and apparently (thanks to popular fan demand) he's right, otherwise, there would have been a grand total of one appearance in the entire game, [[spoiler:and that's in a {{Yaoi}} magazine that appears in the room where we meet the Trinity upon beating Double's storyline.]]
* DarkHorseVictory: Along with Eliza, his victory in the fan-vote DLC is something of a surprise, although less so than hers. While he had some fans, he didn't seem to be as popular as many of the other characters like [[TheGenericGuy Adam]] or [[MagicalGirl Annie]], not having nearly as much propaganda art or fan discussions as some of the other contestants. And despite this, he still managed to pull off the surprise win.
* MeaningfulName: As noted above.
* MyGreatestFailure: Beowulf retired due to the events of his match against Grendel, where he ripped his opponent's arm off and had to kill his mother in order to prevent her from eating the audience.
* NemeanSkinning
* ProWrestlingIsReal
* WholePlotReference: His backstory is one to the original story of ''Literature/{{Beowulf}}''. He defeated someone named "Grendel" as well as his Gigan (read: monstrous) mother with a legendary weapon named "The Hurting"
** Take note that [[Literature/{{Beowulf}} Hrunting]] failed to do ''anything'' to Grendel's mother. Hopefully "The Hurting" is more useful in-game!
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Robo-Fortune]]
-->''"Beep Boop Meow"''

--> Voiced by '''Kimlinh Tran'''

Originally a GagDub by Ms. Fortune's voice actor, Robo-Fortune quickly became [[MemeticMutation memetic among the players]] [[AscendedMeme and staff]]. During the Indiegogo fundraiser a playable Robo-Fortune was announced as a last-minute stretch goal and was subsequently funded.

In-universe, she is a robotic double of Nadia.

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* AscendedMeme: Planned to be a full-blown character for the game as DownloadableContent, along with her theme music and stage.
* {{Expy}}: Of Robo-Ky from the ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' series. The chibified drawing of Robo-Fortune on the Indiegogo fundraiser page is pretty much Nadia cosplaying as Robo-Ky.
* GagDub: Originally.
* MovesetClone: Robo-Fortune would have mostly similar moves but her own properties with some unique animations and Special moves.
* MultipleChoicePast: At first. Kimlinh Tran did a thread on the Skullheart forum asking for suggestions about Robo-Fortune's lore. In the thread she gave several possibilities for Robo-Fortune's creator, including Tom, Stanley, or Brain Drain, with the latter hinted to be canonical by WordOfGod.
* RobotGirl[=/=]RobotMe
* WindUpKey: What she's powered by.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Fukua]]
->''"We're gonna get you."''

--> Voiced by '''ChristineMarieCabanos'''\\
Shamone voiced by '''Del Stetson'''

One of Brain Drain's less-socially-acceptable hobbies is cloning, and often he forces the souls of dead warriors to inhabit these clones.

Fukua is the result of a fortunate - or unfortunate - Lab Zero accident: a union of two souls. One, a once-proud warrior known for her brute strength in close combat; the other a silent assassin who specialized in ranged weapons for her kills.
Together as one, Fukua possesses the best of both specialties...but relationships formed under intense circumstances often don't last.

...That's the in-universe explanation. Out-of-universe, Fukua was originally simply a PaletteSwap of Filia that the main UI person at Skullgirls created, but he accidentally made a typo when spelling her name (Type Filia but move your right hand one key to the left to see why). The fandom took it and ran with it, creating an in-joke. She would later come to be an actual character on AprilFoolsDay 2014, as not only a way to celebrate said day but [[TakeThat also to take a potshot at]] [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV a reveal that happened a few weeks before.]] Consider her a prototype to the above-mentioned Robo-Fortune.

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* AprilFoolsDay: The day she came into being.
* AscendedMeme
* AstralProjection: She can separate one of her two souls from her body and use it to attack.
* BareYourMidriff
* CatholicSchoolGirlsRule: Though she may not actually be a schoolgirl at all, she wears the same uniform as Filia, albeit with [[PaletteSwap different colors]].
* DangerouslyShortSkirt
* DevelopmentGag: Much of her moveset is remnants from back in the alpha stage of development, where the only three characters were three versions of Filia: a rushdown version (the "proper" one), a zoner version (who would later become Peacock), and a grappler version (who would later become Cerebella). Her projectile move and command grabs were taken from the latter two. This is all referenced in her "backstory".
* EvilCounterpart: To Filia.
* {{Expy}}: To [[VideoGame/MortalKombat3 Ermac]]. Like Fukua, Ermac began life as a [[UrbanLegendOfZelda joke]] before [[AscendedMeme becoming an actual character.]] In addition, both characters are described as the result of a fusion of souls.
* [[LethalJokeItem Lethal Joke Attack]]: Fukua's Level 5 Blockbuster does a lot less damage than her Level 3, but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAV-BQ9_XVk if you combo off of it...]]
* MetronomicManMashing: Tender Embrace and Inevitable Snuggle, reusing the animation from Filia's Widow's Peak air throw. The latter is slower, but has armor.
* MovesetClone: Downplayed. While Fukua is built mostly of already established animations for Filia, she doesn't play anything like her predecessor.
* MyGodYouAreSerious: Most players' reactions when they found out she was indeed a real character.
* PantyShot: Just like Filia, it's thanks to her thigh-length skirt.
* SecretCharacter: Played with: Fukua's icon on the character select screen is invisible. It's located under Double and to the Right of Big Band.
* SoulPower: Of the KiAttack-esque kind. Fukua can use this to throw [[EnergyBall balls of energy]].
* SymbioticPossession: Largely the same case as Filia with Samson. Shamone takes control most of the time, but the two can work together when they need to. Fukua can fight somewhat more independently though, thanks to her AstralProjection powers.
* TakeThat: Part of the reason she was made was to take a shot at [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV Decapre]]. Fukua even has a palette swap based on her.
** To be more specific, Mike has stated that Fukua's not so much a joke at Decapre as a character, but more how she was presented, having been hyped for eight months with Capcom continuously taunting their fanbase all the while.
* ThemeNaming: Her special moves all have "romance"-themed names (Such as Blown Kiss or Head Over Heels).
* YourDaysAreNumbered: A mix of CloneDegeneration, PowerDegeneration, and PossessionBurnout. Fukua's body is unstable and slowly deteriorating because of the two spirits inhabiting it. The [[KirbyDots dots of energy]], dubbed "fireflies", [[BattleAura constantly emanating from her body]] are a byproduct of this.
* ZettaiRyouiki
[[/folder]]

!! Potential Future Characters
All these characters have been listed as potential candidates to be added as the fourth and fifth DLC characters to the original game as well as potentially being playable in sequels (Except Juju). [[http://www.labzerogames.com/3rdcharacter/ Read here for full details of their stories and potential movesets.]]

Eliza has won the first poll and is now the third DLC character, with Beowulf winning the second poll to be the fourth.

!!! Tropes that all of the future characters have in common:

* {{Badass}}: All of them.
** BadassAdorable
** BadassCrew: Not literally a team, but all of the DLC characters are definitely badasses in their own right.
** BadassNormal
** WorldOfBadass
* ChekhovsGunman: Majority of the characters have already had on-screen cameos or a mention by name in the original cast's profiles.
* SavedForTheSequel: Any or all of them could be.


[[folder:Umbrella]]
[[quoteright:210:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/DLC_Umbrella_6134.png]]
Parasoul's younger sister. Although Umbrella lacks the military protection and tactical finesse of her older sister, she does wield Hungern, a sentient umbrella that becomes more voracious and powerful the more it isn't used.

The second of the two characters originally planned to be in the original eight, but development was postponed in order to replace her with Valentine and Double instead. Is also on the top of the "Upcoming DLC" list... or at least she was.

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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling
* ApocalypseMaiden: Stands a chance of becoming this. In Parasoul's story [[spoiler:Double says Umbrella could become a more powerful Skullgirl than her mother was. Keep in mind that her mother ''nearly destroyed the world''.]]
* BigEater: Hungern, her LivingWeapon, is this.
* {{Brainwashed}}: The Skullheart's power (unintentionally) causes this to Umbrella in Parasoul's story. She thinks it's her mother and tries to seek it out.]
* BrattyHalfPint
* TheCameo: Makes her first appearance in actual gameplay proper in the background of the [[BallroomBlitz Glass Canopy]] stage, seen dancing with Adam in a PimpedOutDress.
* ColorMotif: Yellow.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Her hair and eyes are both naturally pink...somehow.
* DemotedToExtra: First she was removed from the initial roster, then when the DLC began to come out of DevelopmentHell she was replaced by Big Band as the second planned DLC character, and then lost BOTH of the DLC Voting events to Eliza and Beowulf.
** This is {{lampshaded}} when Squigly and Big Band were funded. [[http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/4731/1361897584898.png Official artwork was created]] [[http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/7690/1363293045574.jpg to thank the fans]] [[http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/127/20130327005900600k.jpg for donating]]. In all of the pictures, Umbrella is looking very annoyed.
* DownloadableContent: At least she was supposed to be, until Big Band came along.
* HollywoodGenetics: Umbrella has [[RoseHairedSweetie pink hair]], and Parasoul red. Their mother had black hair, and we don't know what hair color the king had.
* FailOSuckyName: In contrast to [[AwesomeMcCoolName sister's name]]. ''Umbrella''. [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude Really now]]?
* OutOfFocus: Her story. Unlike Squigly's, it's most likely outdated.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Hungern
* RoseHairedSweetie
* SavedForTheSequel: Possibly
* TokenMiniMoe
* TouchedByVorlons: As indicated in Parasoul's story mode, Umbrella's mother Nancy [[spoiler:was becoming the Skullgirl while she was pregnant with Umbrella. Because of this, Umbrella is attuned to the Skullheart's power and in Parasoul's story she is drawn to it, thinking that it is her mother. The Skullheart then drains her life when she gets close to it.]]
* WrongGenreSavvy: In Story Mode, she lists off charge attacks from characters of other fighting games similar to Parasoul.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Black Dahlia]]
[[quoteright:187:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/BlackDahliaA_6540.png]]

The Medici family's top assassin, she was the one who murdered Ms. Fortune's Fishbone Gang members and (with the aide of her henchwomen) cut Nadia Fortune into pieces (even though Nadia already swallowed the life gem). [[spoiler:She and her henchwomen also ambushed a party the Contiellos were hosting - killing everyone there, including Squigly.]] An ex-member of the Anti-Skullgirl Labs. Her fighting style is based on deception and hidden weapons such as the foot blade, and she is the pioneer of a fighting style taught to the Medici female assassins.

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* ArmCannon: She has a shotgun for an arm. [[{{BFG}} One approximately the size of a grenade launcher too]].
* ArtificialLimbs
* [[BadassCape Badass Halfcape]]: It's a doilie.
* ChekhovsGunman: Mentioned in Ms. Fortune's profile and appears in Peacock's ending. She also appears in the background of the Medici Tower stage.
* DrivenToMadness: It is said that spending time in the labs has caused her to do this.
* EvilOldFolks
* TheFaceless
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery
* NeverMessWithGranny
* NiceHat
* OperaGloves
* ProfessionalKiller: Is one of the most devoted of the Medici's assassins, and has never let one of her targets leave alive.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Threatens to do this to Peacock in her ending, and unhesitatingly [[PrettyLittleHeadshots put a bullet through Squigly's skull]] 14 years ago.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mrs. Victoria]]
[[quoteright:203:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/MrsVictoriaA_9008.png]]

The tutorial lady. In-universe, she is a teacher at Filia's school.

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* AnimeHair
* AscendedExtra: Appears in the tutorial stage and in Filia's ending.
* BeautyMark
* FunctionalGenreSavvy: She's said to have a lot of knowledge when it comes to fighting games--something that obviously helps when she's in one herself.
* HotTeacher
* PrimAndProperBun
[[/folder]]

[[folder:D. Violet]]

Mrs. Victoria's alter-ego, a dominatrix superhero. She wields the Pazuzu whip and has attacks based on Pagan themes and innuendos.

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* AllThereInTheManual: Unlike nearly all of the other characters on this list, D. Violet doesn't appear in the game at all. However, she did appear in concept artwork (and her alter-ego already appears in the game).
* DarkIsNotEvil: What Batman is to flying rodents, she is to Dominatrix gear.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Pazuzu has a rather... suggestive bulging vein, and its drool is thick and white. Not to mention its serpentine mouth. [[ShmuckBait Google what part of the god Pazuzu resembled a serpent. Go ahead, do it.]] Not to mention that it can ''"change rigidity when needed''". And yes, that is a direct quote from the site.
* HornyDevils: Horns, check. Pointy tail, check. Ridiculously revealing outfit, double check.
* SplitPersonality: It's been implied that Mrs. Victoria is unaware of her existence.
* WhipItGood
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Annie, Girl of the Stars]]
[[quoteright:123:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dlc_annie_5656.png]]

Despite Annie's appearance, she is an old veteran fighter that has battled many previous Skullgirls, and her childish body is due to her parents wishing for her to be eternally young. Currently stars in a TV series in the Canopy Kingdom that warns of the dangers of the Skull Heart and the Skullgirl. Her rabbit doll is actually a remote parasite named Sagan, who holds her right eyeball in his mouth.

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* TheAgeless: Thanks to her parents and the Skullheart.
* BadassAdorable
* ColorMotif: Green
* ChekhovsGunman: Mentioned in Peacock's and Parasoul's profiles, and also appears [[spoiler: on a book in the Trinity's room during Double's ending.]]
* ComicBooksAreReal: Most people know about Annie through folklore and a ShowWithinAShow, but...
* EyepatchOfPower: Like Valentine, she wears one above her right eye.
* EyeScream: As mentioned above, her right eyeball is in her rabbit doll's mouth.
* [[ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself For Television I Am Starring As Myself]]: Now she has both kinds of [[IncrediblyLamePun star power]].
* FusionDance / MidSeasonUpgrade: One of her proposed Supers has her fusing with Sagan, regaining her eye and getting FrillsOfJustice in the process.
* GirlishPigtails: Braided ones.
* GoshDarnitToHeck: Generally, she tries not to let her vocabulary give away her true age. Most of her old art has a RunningGag of her about to say "Damn it!", but catching herself at the last second: "Dam-''[[LastSecondWordSwap Darn]]'' it!"
* MagicalGirlWarrior: Evokes the trope.
* MeaningfulName / PunnyName: Annie is based off the [=ANIme=] trope of [[MagicalGirlWarrior Magical Girls]].
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Minor case, her (remaining) eye is in a more {{Animesque}} style than the rest of the cast.
* OlderThanTheyLook: May even be ReallySevenHundredYearsOld.
* StarPower: She is capable of producing quasars, black holes and all sorts of heavenly bodies.
* {{Supernatural Gold Eye|s}}: Her left eye.
* ThighHighBoots
* ThunderboltIron: Her sword.
* ZettaiRyouiki: Grade A.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Stanley Whitefin]]

A Dagonian scientist who works at Anti-Skullgirl Lab 8 and a colleague of Dr. Avian, who helped in turning Patricia into Peacock. He is an ex-member of Lab 4, a lab that specialized in handheld weapons. He is also a sports buff.

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* AscendedExtra: Appears as a background character in the Lab 8 stage.
* BadassLongcoat: It's a labcoat. May also have {{Hammerspace}} pockets, since he apparently carries a number of weapons in it (including sports implements like baseball bats).
* FishPeople: A SharkMan, to be precise.
* IKnowMaddenKombat: Justified, since he's a sports buff.
* NerdGlasses
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Hive]]

A member and subject of Anti-Skullgirls Lab 8. A teenage girl who can be ill-tempered at times. She and Leduc are like brother and sister. She possesses the Synthetic Parasite Beezle Bomb.

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* AscendedExtra: Appears as a background character in the Lab 8 stage and in Peacock's story.
* BeeBeeGun
* CoolBigSis: To Leduc.
* PoweredArmor
* PowerFloats
* ShapeShifterWeapon: In combat the Hives of Beezle Bomb cover her arms but she can switch their shape at will.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Leduc]]

A member and subject of Anti-Skullgirl Lab 8. A young hero type with a good heart, he and Hive are like brother and sister. He's an idealist, and wields a Synthetic Parasite, the Taranis Generator.

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* AscendedExtra: Appears as a background character in the Lab 8 stage and in Peacock's story.
* CollaredByFashion: It covers his mouth. [[GoodScarsEvilScars And his scars]].
* MeaningfulName: Named after the paralysis livestock can experience from stun bolts.
* PrettyBoy: Which was one of the reasons [[WordOfGod Mike Z hated him]], until he started brainstorming a playstyle for him.
* ShockAndAwe
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ileum]]

A member and subject of Anti-Skullgirl Lab 8. Disfigured during the war, she agreed to be grafted with the Synthetic Parasite, Salamander Shell. She is an old-generation ASG operative along with Big Band and the two have been involved in two previous Skullgirl events. Despite her horrific appearance, she is a kind motherly figure to the younger members of Lab 8.

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* AscendedExtra: Appears as a background character in the Lab 8 stage.
* BadPowersGoodPeople
* BodyHorror: She appears to be a humanoid made entirely out of intestines.
* LovecraftianSuperpower: Particularly extreme example: Able to squeeze into tiny spaces, able to sprout small drills for use in attacks, can spit highly-corrosive poison at enemies, and the previously mentioned "looks like a humanoid made entirely out of intestines".
* MeaningfulName: The Ileum is a part of the small intestine, and as mentioned before, she appears to be completely made of them.
* PoisonIsCorrosive: Her powers allow her to spit or spray a highly toxic substance that is also able to melt living flesh into a puddle.
* ScarsAreForever: She was horribly disfigured in the Grand War.
* TeamMom: Quite contrary to her appearance.
* TechnicalPacifist: She avoids fighting due to the nature of her powers.
* WhiteMaskOfDoom
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Brain Drain]]

The psychic second-in-command of Anti-Skullgirl Lab Zero. Along with Valentine, he is responsible for turning Carol into Painwheel and now exerts mental control over her to keep her stable.

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* BadBoss: It's implied he practices YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness.
* BrainInAJar[=/=]WeCanRebuildHim: Evokes both tropes
* ChekhovsGunman: Appears in Painwheel's story.
* PowerFloats: He seems to do this instead of walking.
* PsychicPowers
** MindControl
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Andy Anvil]]

A product of Peacock's cartoon-loving imagination, Andy Anvil, along with others in her gang of cronies, was brought to life thanks to the power of her synthetic parasite, the Avery Unit.

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* AnimateInanimateObject
* AnvilOnHead: His existence is because of this trope.
* AscendedExtra: See AssistCharacter.
* AssistCharacter: He is one to Peacock. It's unknown if this will still be the case if he's made playable.
* BashBrothers: In his proposed play-style he and Tommy Ten-Tons would be this. Possible attacks include [[AmusingInjuries punching Tommy across the stage torward your opponent and tripping him to cause an Earthquake effect.]]
* Fan: Despite being a boxing anvil he's seems to like watching wrestling more and is a fan of Beowulf in particular.
* MetaGuy: He apparently saw the same montage that the audience saw of Peacock putting her hat, gloves and teeth on/in. He's disturbed by her apparent lack of hygiene and asks Avery if she took a bath or brushed her teeth (with metal polish?). [[FourthWallObserver Avery responds that all of that was implied]] [[TheLawOfConservationOfDetail but it's not something the audience needs to see.]]
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: He's a shark-toothed boxing anvil with Popeye limbs!
* RedBoxingGloves
* RedEyesTakeWarning: With yellow scleras. Though he's actually a good guy, being one of Peacock's creations .
* ScaryTeeth: Has sharp, pointy teeth for some reason. Maybe Peacock imagined him with teeth similar to her bear-trap dentures?
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Feng]]
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An acrobat in the Cirque des Cartes and Cerebella's room mate. She represents the Ace cards in the circus's playing card theme, and fights using her acrobatic style and the ghost birds on her head.

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* ACupAngst: Briefly [[ImpliedTrope implied]] in one panel of Cerebella's story mode. Feng is seen sweating and look none-too-amused when Cerebella's [[BuxomIsBetter much larger]] chest is seen [[http://images.wikia.com/skullgirls/images/b/b3/Cerebella_and_Feng.PNG in close proximity to Feng's own]]. In the WorldOfBuxom that is ''Skullgirls'', Feng stands out due to her ''lack'' of assets.
* AnimeChineseGirl: Gives this impression. She is from the local {{Wutai}}[=-=]analogue, wears a modified {{qipao}}, and her ColorMotif implies the [[DragonsUpTheYinYang yin-yang]] symbol. Unlike [[BodyHorror Painwheel]], she's a rather cute example.
* {{Bifauxnen}}: Her short hair and flat chest made many initially mistake her for a [[{{Bishonen}} feminine-looking guy]].
** ViewerGenderConfusion
* BoyishShortHair
* ChekhovsGunman: Has a speaking role in Cerebella's story.
* ColorMotif: Black and white, to symbolize the yin-yang symbol. Her hair is mostly black with the front being white, and as detailed below, her birds also follow the same motif.
* DragonsUpTheYinYang: The yin-yang one, at least, as part of her ColorMotif. Her hair is black and white, and her birds are black with a single (very long) white feather and white eyes and white with a single (very long) black feather and black eyes, so presumably they're also meant imply the symbol.
* {{Gayngster}}
* {{Head Pet}}s: Usually seen with her birds in her hair. [[JustifiedTrope This makes more sense than most examples of this trope]], though, since the birds are ''very'' tiny.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Concepts include using her birds as projectile attacks.
* IncompatibleOrientation: WordOfGay mentions she has a crush on the heterosexual Cerebella.
* JustifiedCriminal[=/=]SympatheticCriminal: She serves the mafia to get money for her family.
* LoyalAnimalCompanion
* MagicMisfire[=/=]EpicFail: How she got her birds. Natives of the Dragon Kingdom are known to practice geomancy, but Feng is grotesquely unskilled in that particular area -- so much so that when she rearranged the furniture in her apartment, the resulting feng shui was so bad that it ''opened a portal to the afterlife''.
* NoPronunciationGuide: Is her name pronounced "Feng", "Fung", or "Fong"? "Feng" is the most common pronunciation amongst fans, but when discussed in streams by the dev team it's been pronounced "[[TakeAThirdOption Feeng]]".
* PunnyName: Feng, as in feng shui, as in the MagicMisfire that caused her to get her birds.
* {{Qipao}}: A shorter, looser-than-average one.
* SkunkStripe: A variation: the front third of her hair is white while the rest is black.
* StraightGay
* TokenGoodTeammate: Along with Cerebella [[spoiler:and Filia]], she is this for the Medici mafia.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Taliesin]]
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A bard in the Cirque de Cartes, he is based on the Jack face card. A handsome but extremely dark character, he has a violin-like Remote Parasite called Muse. His wooden fingers have the ability to turn women's souls into musical instruments which he enjoys collecting. His real fingers are inside Muse's mouth, which she never opens.

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* ArtificialLimbs: His fingers are wooden.
* AscendedExtra: Appears in Cerebella's story.
* BalefulPolymorph
* CoatHatMask
* EffeminateMisogynisticGuy: According to sources.
* {{Expy}}: Of Vega/[[DubNameChange Balrog]]/that guy with a mask and claw from ''Franchise/StreetFighter''
* ImprobableWeaponUser
* InstrumentOfMurder
* MarionetteMaster
* MeaningfulName: Named after a famous bard from [[CelticMythology Welsh folklore]].
* PrettyBoy
* StealthPun: He objectifies women. As in, literally turns them into objects.
* WhiteMaskOfDoom
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Hubrecht]]

A strongman in the Cirque de Cartes, he is based on the heart suit of cards. A good-natured gentle giant.

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* AmbiguouslyGay
* AndCallHimGeorge: His fighting style is based off being rougher than he intends to be. For example, one of his grabs is a noogie.
* AscendedExtra: Appears in Cerebella's story.
* BadassMustache
* BadassNormal: No Living Weapons, no Parasites, no swallowed artifacts. Just muscles and playfulness.
* CompositeCharacter: A cross between Mr. Heart from ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' and Heart Aino from ''VideoGame/ArcanaHeart''.
* Expy. Given his build, his facial features/hair, and being AmbiguouslyGay, the parallels with [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Alex Armstrong]] cannot be a coincidence.
* GentleGiant
* IdiotHair
* ObliviouslyEvil: He has absolutely no idea that he works part-time as a mafia hitman. All he thinks he's doing is [[AndCallHimGeorge giving people hugs.]]
* RoseHairedSweetie: A rare male example.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Regina]]

The domineering beast tamer at the Cirque des Cartes, she commands a wide range of creatures including several outlandish specimens. She derives no pleasure from her cruelty as it is simply in her cold nature to control others by any means necessary as she does indeed deeply care about her fellow performers. The troupe ultimately answers to Regina, not the ringleader. Her design is based on the Queen face cards.

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* AscendedExtra: Appears in Cerebella's story.
* TheBeastmaster: To be expected from from the troupe's beast tamer.
** AssistCharacter / PuppetFighter: Her proposed play-style could make heavy use of both with animals possibly coming from off-screen to help her or standing beside her and attacking when commanded. She could also command them to attack in various ways while she fights alongside them and applies additional pressure.
* {{Bifauxnen}}: Though it's more ViewerGenderConfusion (despite her obviously feminine figure) than her actually looking masculine.
* CleopatraNose: It looks kind of similar to Irvin's which has [[WildMassGuessing spawned theories about a possible connection between them.]]
* ControlFreak: Her description paints her as being this way by nature. Both torwards the animals she trains and the circus members she leads.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: A riding crop and stool, to be exact. along with being TheBeastmaster.
* IronLady: It's noted she's the real head of the troupe. (Keep in mind that the devs, while offering Regina as a possibility, have ''not'' expressed any definite intentions of making the troupe's actual ''ringleader'' a playable character.)
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: As her description states: she's cold and controlling but she cares underneath it all.
* LadyOfWar: Certainly has the look of one, anyway.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Her face is less {{Animesque}} than the rest of the females in the cast. Probably because she's a bit older than most of them and would probably be more "beautiful" than "cute" at that age.
* RegalRinglets: As befitting her Queen motif.
* WhipItGood: She wields a riding crop and is described as being pretty quick with it.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Has purple hair.
** BlondesAreEvil: She used to have blonde hair. It can be seen when she makes her [[TheCameo cameo]] in Cerebella's story.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Beatrix]]
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A magician in the Cirque des Cartes, she has the ability to store knives in her body without seemingly injuring herself. Not only are they rivals, Beatrix's bitter, jaded personality is a stark contrast to Cerebella's cheerfulness. Her design is based on the Club suit.

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* AscendedExtra: Appears in Cerebella's story.
* BagOfHolding: Her Cloak of Damocles.
* TheCameo: Appears in the River King Casino stage sometimes and makes another cameo in Fukua's trailer.
* PerpetualFrowner
* KnifeNut: She looks like a knife throwing act gone horribly wrong. This picture shows off her affinity for knives (and hatred of Cerebella) pretty well. [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/1459657]]
* TheRival: To Cerebella, as as noted above.
* StageMagician
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Ottomo]]

A member of the Medici Mafia family, Ottomo is Lorenzo's mechanical henchman and bodyguard. He's piloted by Tom, a tiny, foul-mouthed Dagonian engineer. Tom is an ex-member of Anti-Skullgirl Lab 4 and was a colleague of Stanley. Tom sold out to the Mafia and, before leaving, stole the M3 (Mighty Metal Man) unit from the lab. While Tom is a cigar-smoking, womanizing, ill-tempered drunkard when he's out of the suit (much to Lorenzo's annoyance), Ottomo is more refined.

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* AscendedExtra: Appears as a background character in the Medici Tower stage. [[spoiler:Peacock is also seen with Ottomo's head in her ending]].
* BattleButler: Kinda.
* CigarChomper: Tom
* DanceBattler: At the very least, he was proposed as having the moonwalk for his backward walking animation, and doing the Smooth Criminal lean for his pushblock.
* FishPerson: He ''is'' a Dagonian. A post on [[WordOfGod Ahad's]] Tumblr mentions that he's a salamander, though it's unknown if that still stands, since salamanders hardly count as aquatic creatures. That said, his pink skin makes him look more like a naked mole rat than anything else.
* HyperspaceArsenal: Tom apparently has a ridiculous array of lethal weaponry crammed into his suit.
* MobileSuitHuman: Well, Mobile Suit Larger Dagonian, but the principle is the same.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Yu-Wan]]

Yu-Wan is a Dagonian chef and proprietor of a restaurant in Little Innsmouth. A friend of Ms. Fortune and Minette's employer.

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* AscendedExtra: Appears in Ms. Fortune's story and as a background character in the Little Innsmouth stage.
* ChefOfIron
* FishPeople
* ForkFencing[=/=]KnifeNut
* MeaningfulName: "You won".
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Minette]]
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Named after a minnow, Minette works as a waitress in Yu-Wan's restaurant in Little Innsmouth. Also a friend of Ms. Fortune.

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* BadassAdorable
* ChekhovsGunman: Appears in Ms. Fortune's story and as a background character in the Little Innsmouth stage.
* CuteClumsyGirl: Not shown in the current game, but her playstyle is based off this.
* CuteMonsterGirl: She's quite a bit more human looking than most of the other Dagonians.
* DamselOutOfDistress: Her story mode (If she is SavedForTheSequel that is) [[spoiler:tells of her attempts to escape her kidnapping at the end of Ms. Fortune's story mode.]]
* FishPeople: Though her "hair" is more evocative of a tadpole's tail.
* HeroWorshipper: To [[CoolBigSis Ms. Fortune]].
* LethalJokeCharacter: She's been described as playing similarly to [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 Phoenix Wright]]'s partner Maya (inflicting damage via means of clumsiness) except not being bad.
* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: Minette is the River King's daughter. If the logo of his casino -- and the giant (possibly ''life-size'') statue of him in the forthcoming Casino stage -- are accurate, she looks ''nothing'' like him. (The River King, to be blunt, looks like a humpback whale with a giant John Greenleaf Whittier chinstrap beard.)
* VagueAge: Gives the impression she's around the same age as Ms. Fortune, but she appears to look up to Nadia as if she were a big sister. The fact she works as a waitress and the Medici goons hitting on her suggest she's at least around the same age as Filia and Painwheel.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Scythana]]

A gigantic half-Gigan who was arrested by the Black Egrets. She broke out.

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* ChainedByFashion: She's still handcuffed after her escape.
* ChekhovsGunman: She was briefly mentioned on the Canopy Kingdom News during Parasoul's story mode, telling about her recent arrest.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Justified given her sharp claw-like toenails.
* {{Expy}}: Arguably of [[VideoGame/FinalFight Cody]], particularly his appearances in the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' series from ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Alpha 3]]'' onwards, with the prison suit and the handcuffs.
* ExtremityExtremist / KickChick: Justified since her hands are still cuffed, she mostly uses her feet to fight instead.
* GrievousHarmWithABody: In team fights she'll have the ability to pick up fallen enemies and teammates to use as a weapon. In solo matches, a substitute will be provided.
* HalfHumanHybrid
* HornedHumanoid: One long black and white striped horn on her right.
* InstitutionalApparel: Matches her horn.
* OurGiantsAreBigger: Half-giant, really.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Roxie]]

Mechanic for the Black Egrets.
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* AscendedExtra: Appears in Parasoul's story.
* DeadlyRotaryFan: A possible proposed gameplay mechanic was to have her use propeller blades.
* TheEngineer
* {{Expy}}: Of Rosie the Riveter.
* SentryGun: One of her proposed gameplay mechanics.
* SatelliteCharacter: To Parasoul, currently.
* WrenchWench
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Panzerfaust]]

A member of the Black Egrets, originally from Anti-Skullgirls Lab 3.

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* AscendedExtra: Appears in Parasoul's story
* BadassMustache: Part of his face mask is shaped very similarly to a handlebar moutache.
* [[TheRightHandOfDoom The Left Hand Tank of Doom]]
* MeaningfulName: German for "tank fist". Also an anti-tank weapon in World War II.
* OurGiantsAreBigger
* TopHeavyGuy: ''Jesus''. His legs might as well be sticks!
* SuperSoldier
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Adam]]
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Full name Adam Kapowski, he is an elite member of the Black Egrets and [[AlmightyJanitor Umbrella's babysitter]].

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* AlmightyJanitor: Despite being a BadassNormal, his skills are usually relegated to fetching ice cream for Umbrella.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: His Polish last name and grey-colored eyes have led many to conclude he's Slavic, or at least the Skullverse equivalent.
* AscendedExtra: Appears in Parasoul's story.
* AwesomeMcCoolName: ''Adam Kapowski''.
* BadassNormal
** OvershadowedByAwesome: He's a highly competent, elite soldier, but because he has no outstanding skills aside from being good with kids, he's relegated to babysitting Umbrella.
* ButtMonkey: See AlmightyJanitor.
* TheCameo: His first appearance in actual gameplay is in the [[BallroomBlitz Glass Canopy]] stage, seen in the background dancing with Umbrella.
* EliteMook: In his proposed battle style, the first two thirds of his health would be represented by faceless Black Egrets with Adam himself taking to the stage for the last 33%. He could have attacks that the other two would not.
* TheGenericGuy: Compared to the other, more fantastical characters, Adam stands out by ''not'' standing out. He actually gained [[EnsembleDarkhorse a surprising amount of popularity]] for it.
* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: The only fully uniformed Black Egret seen without a helmet.
* HyperspaceArsenal: His concepts include fighting with a large amount of weapons. [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 Chris Redfield]] was one of the inspirations for his playstyle, after all.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Molly]]
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CommunicationsOfficer of the Black Egrets

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* AscendedExtra: Appears in Parasoul's story
* {{Meganekko}}
* MiniMecha / SpiderTank: She pilots one shaped like a cross between a rotary telephone and a [[{{Manga/GhostInTheShell}} Fuchikoma]].
* MissionControl
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Isaac]]
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A mysterious man, by trade an archaeologist, who owns an equally mysterious device -- the Time Glove -- that allows him to jump back and forth through time.

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* AdventurerArchaeologist: By necessity. He discovered something during the same dig that uncovered the Theonite he uses to time travel that has resulted in him being hunted.
* BadassBeard
* TheCoatsAreOff: His proposed intro would have him disappearing, then reappearing sans coat. At the end of the match, he'll appear from the past to hand his coat to his victorious self or drape it over his defeated self.
* EinsteinHair
* HeKnowsTooMuch: He discovered ''something'' during a dig that someone ''seriously'' wants to cover up.
* InterfaceScrew: One of his theoretical super moves would temporarily speed up the round timer, making it easy for him to win via time-over.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Based physically on fashion designer Kevin Stewart, AKA "[[MemeticMutation Professor Badass]]".
* TimeParadox: If his future self damages his opponent, but is prevented from performing the time jump later on, his opponent retroactively gets the health back, since the damage technically never happened.
* TrickedOutGloves: Uses one to have the ability to TimeTravel.
* UnexpectedCharacter: All the other potential characters previously appeared in the game, were mentioned in the game before, or were AllThereInTheManual; Isaac was included in the prospective characters list because of Mike Z.'s enthusiasm for his playstyle.
** Because of this, the reveal of Isaac's appearance caused a bit of SuddenlyEthnicity. Quite a few people thought he would be white.
* {{Unobtanium}}: His gauntlet is powered by a unique variant of "Theonite" he discovered in one of his digs.
* XMeetsY: He's essentially IndianaJones as played by [[Film/BackToTheFuture Doc Brown]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Samson]]

A "darker" Samson than the normal one, the origin of which is unclear.

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* AlternateTimeline: A suggested origin of his existence. The other is that it's a trick by Double.
* DarkerAndEdgier: While the normal Samson is a bit rough and sometimes flings Filia about while fighting he has concern for her well-being. This one has his Filia bound up using some unspecified horrible method.
* MovesetClone: Being basically the same being, he uses larger versions of Filia/Samson's attack but with a more brutal, feral approach.
* MythologyGag: Presumably based on the original concept of Samson, which was quite a lot darker than his current incarnation and manipulative of Filia.
* OneWingedAngel: His design comes from an earlier gameplay concept where all the cast had monstrous super modes.
* PrimalStance: His artwork has him standing on all fours.
* PuppeteerParasite: Samson takes over Filia.
* TopHeavyGuy: He makes Panzerfaust's legs look sturdy.
[[/folder]]

!! Others

[[folder:Vitale]]

A member of the Medici family and the backer of the Cirque de Cartes. Cerebella sees him as a father figure.

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* FourEyesZeroSoul: He ''is'' a villain with glasses.
* ManipulativeBastard: Manipulates Cerebella using her love and loyalty to him.
* TheMafia: Takes over the Medici family after his father Lorenzo mysteriously vanishes.
* ThemeNaming: '''Vital'''e of the '''Medic'''i family, owner of the '''Life''' Gem.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ricardo]]

One of the Medici's goons.

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* ButtMonkey: He was attacked by Samson at the start of Filia's storyline and Ms. Fortune at the start of hers.
* {{Ephebophile}}: Hits on (and sexually harasses) the sixteen-year-old Filia at the beginning of her storyline, and (somewhat more innocently, at least) flirts with the [[VagueAge presumably teenaged]] Minette at the beginning of Ms. Fortune's. In the background of the River King Casino stage, he can be seen stalking Minette.
* CasanovaWannabe: Flirts with Filia and Minette with disastrous results.
* {{Mook}}: Is a thug employed by Vitale.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dr. Avian]]

A scientist from Anti-Skullgirl Lab 8. Created Peacock [[spoiler: and dies in her Story Mode.]]

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* RedEyesTakeWarning: Another counter-example.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Roberto Contiello]]
Squigly's deceased father and the previous host of Levithan. When Squigly became a zombie he transferred Leviathan to Squigly, releasing her from the control of [[spoiler: his wife Selene,]] the Skullgirl from 14 years ago.

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* HeroicSacrifice: Transferring Leviathan to Squigly. [[spoiler: Roberto was apparently killed by the Medici and revived by Selene's wish on the Skull Heart. When he transfers Leviathan, he tells him not to let anyone touch Squigly, including Roberto himself. The implication is that without Leviathan, he became a mindless servant to the Skullgirl.]]
* PosthumousCharacter
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Selene]]
Squigly's deceased mother and [[spoiler: the Skullgirl from 14 years ago, predating Queen Nancy and Marie.]] During her birthday party, Selene was given [[spoiler: the Skull Heart]] as a present from a mysterious stranger. [[spoiler: The stranger was actually Double, who had told the Medici family that the Contiellos had possessed the Heart. The Medici family crashed the party and began killing the Contiello family, including Squigly. Surviving the initial assault, Selene wished on the Skull Heart to bring her family back to life and became the Skullgirl.]]

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* LukeIAmYourFather: A variation. [[spoiler: The reveal that Squigly's mother was a Skullgirl [[WhamEpisode is a surprise to the player]], but not to Squigly.]]
* PosthumousCharacter
* PredecessorVillain: [[spoiler: She was the Skullgirl before Marie and Queen Nancy.]]
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: To Double.]]
[[/folder]]


[[folder:The Trinity]]
The figures at the center of one of the Canopy Kingdom's major religions. [[spoiler:Also the beings that Double speaks for to issue orders to Marie. Seem to consist of two sisters: Aeon, who controls time, and Venus, who controls space, as well as their enigmatic "Mother".]]

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* BiggerBad: Granted that they are the ones responsible for the Skull Heart.
%% * BigBadEnsemble
* BodyHorror: [[spoiler:Venus's]] way of fighting is manipulate space to grow monstrous out her body. Also she has mouths where her ribs are supossed to be.
* ChekhovsGunman / EarlyBirdCameo: As of the Non-{{Canon}} storylines, they appear in statue and stained-glass-window form in the background of the Grand Cathedral and Final Atrium stages, only appearing in the flesh in [[spoiler: Double's]] {{Cliffhanger}} ending.
* CrystalDragonJesus
* EyesAlwaysShut: Aeon.
* [GodIsEvil: Implied due to the fact that we're talking about a trinity that's served by someone who dresses up like a nun (at least when not fighting).
* {{Hikikomori}}: Aeon is stated to be a shut-in {{otaku}} according to her bio in the vote-in character details. [[spoiler:It explains the collection in the room we meet her...]]
* HumanoidAbomination
** EldritchAbomination: While it could be argued that they could be this, [[spoiler: Venus' concept description seems to imply she is this, since the true form of her and her parasite "[[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm exist beyond the threshold of human comprehension"]].]]
* ImpossibleHourglassFigure: [[spoiler: Aeon takes this to the extreme, having a [[http://img802.imageshack.us/img802/1232/perfectwaifu.png literal hourglass in place of a torso]].]]
* NoNameGiven: The Mother's name is unknown, though one of Double's intro quotes suggests it's [[spoiler: Lamia]].
* OneBadMother: The Mother.
* {{Ouroboros}}: [[spoiler:Aeon's parasite Khronos.]]
* RedOniBlueOni: Venus, the restless one who manipulates space (red) alongside Aeon, the observant one who controls time. (blue)
* RoseHairedSweetie: Aeon.
* ScarfOfAsskicking: Venus.
* SexySpectacles: Venus.
* [[HeWhoMustNotBeSeen She Who Must Not Be Seen]]: The Mother. [[spoiler:Her cameos are in the form of a statue and a window in the catheral's stage and Double's ending as a shadow.]]
* SiblingYinYang: See RedOniBlueOni above.
* SpaceMaster and TimeMaster: Venus and Aeon respectively.
* {{Stripperific}}: Venus. Even beyond Ms. Fortune or even D. Violet; Venus only ''uses lingerie.''
* TerribleTrio
* VaginaDentata: [[spoiler:Venus Lovelace is apparently host to a trio of parasites in her abdomen that fight on her behalf. While they're not actually housed in her vagina, [[http://wiki.shoryuken.com/Skullgirls/Venus the allusion to it is undeniable]].]]
* VisualPun: [[spoiler:Aeon has a hourglass for torso. She has a literal ImpossibleHourglassFigure.]]
** [[spoiler: The mouths that grow from Venus' ribs and stomach? They're called ''Ab''-baddon parasites.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: There's a reason why they haven't made any ''real'' appearences in the game (Other than the {{Cliffhanger}} ending).
* YaoiFangirl: Aeon is hinted to be one by her collection, which includes a Taliesin/Beowulf doujin.
** There's also [[AmbiguouslyBi a bodypillow with Ms. Fortune on it]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Skull Heart]]
The Macguffin everyone's after. A mystical item that can grant any wish, but if the wisher's heart has any slight bit of darkness, it will take over their body and claim it as its own for its own destructive ends.

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* AffablyEvil: On occassion. It's nice enough to tell [[spoiler: Filia that while she will become a Skullgirl, her transformation will still be slow and she should make the most of the time she has.]]
* ArtifactOfDoom
* AsLongAsThereIsEvil: [[spoiler: It gets destroyed in a few of the endings, though seems to imply this is only a temporary solution at best and it will return in some form or another. It seems the only way to truly be rid of it is a person with a pure heart to wish on it, but a world just coming off a war with mafias ruling a good majority of it and everyone fighting to claim the thing makes finding a likely candidate difficult, unless The Trinity has any indication.]]
** [[spoiler: The artbook indicates that the Skull Heart reappears every seven years, regardless of what happens to it.]]
* DemonicPossession[=/=]GrandTheftMe: Implied that's how it's survived for so long.
* ExoticEyeDesigns: Its victims have this in the form of half a skull on each pupil.
* HannibalLecture: Does this in a few of the endings. Mostly to those that try to destroy it.
* JerkassGenie: Well half and half; it will grant a wish but often at the cost of the wisher's body if it senses any darkness. Not to say it's not reasonable [[spoiler:as shown in Filia's ending]]. In the case of Queen Renoir, it granted her wish for an end to the great war by making her into a Skullgirl so powerful that the warring kingdoms were ''forced'' to stop fighting and band together to kill her.
* LivingMacGuffin: It's sentient.
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[[folder: Gilgamesh]]
The ruler of the Gigan Nation, he wears a chain mail suit made of knives that stand on end when he flexes his muscles. He fought against Parasoul's father.

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!!Rejected Character
[[folder: Juju]]

The former sniper of the Black Egrets who was initially supposed to be considered as a future DLC character. Unfortunately because her design sprang from a suggestion made by a fan who proceeded to be less-than-civil about the situation, she eventually became ExiledFromContinuity.

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* AscendedExtra: Juju was planned to become a fully playable character, rather than just a name, before being struck from canon. Parasoul originally had a chance of calling Juju by name when using the Silent Scope super, but this was DummiedOut after the incident occurred. See the Trivia page for details.
* AssistCharacter: Like the other Black Egrets, she was one to Parasoul, despite never appearing onscreen in battle. Parasoul's Silent Scope Blockbuster is her radioing Juju to shoot her opponent.
* ExiledFromContinuity
* SmallGirlBigGun: Her gun is bigger than she is.
* SniperRifle
* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Her codename is "Number 13"
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* [[http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121008005434/skullgirls/images/1/10/Cerebella_regret.PNG And just look a her face!]]

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Early concept art shows her early name was [[http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/4/40823/1699810-060108_corkscrew.gif "Corkscrew"]].